Underground portion of SCP-2952 is not visible.

Item #: SCP-2952
Object Class: Euclid Safe
Special 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.
As 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.
Though 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.
Description: 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.
At 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.
After 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Two 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.
On 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.
Addendum:
On 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:

Thank 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.
G. Foxglove, Director of Transportation
The Council of the Tylwyth Teg

Agent Davies' ride on SCP-2952 can be found under Exploration Log SCP-2952 Alpha.

Exploration Log SCP-2952 Alpha

Exploration Log SCP-2952 Alpha

Opening 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.
<BEGIN LOG>
(Agent Davies touches SCP-2952 and immediately begins decreasing in size.)
Agent 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… noting that end height appears to be 3.2 centimeters tall. Control, can you still hear me?
Mission Control: We can hear you perfectly, Agent.
Agent Davies: All right then. Tech isn't affected by the shift, either. Good to know. Doors should open at 10:35, yes?
Mission Control: That's correct.
(Agent Davies waits, during which time six instances of SCP-2952-2 join her. A male instance of SCP-2952-2 approaches her2.)
Mission Control: You are clear to engage in conversation if needed, Agent Davies.
(Agent Davies does not respond verbally, but discretely makes a thumbs-up gesture in view of the body camera.)
Instance 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.
Agent Davies: Do you know why it's been late?
2-A: Some kind of internal blockage. Poor thing's got kidney stones, I hear.3
(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.)
Voice: Now departing from Three Portlands.4 Next stop, West Coast Rainforest.
(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).
Unknown: Shut the hell up, will you!?
(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.)
Instance 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.
Agent Davies: Er… Apologies, Miss, but I'm not a citizen.
Instance 2-B: I see. Very well. Would you mind if I sit?
Agent Davies: Not at all.
(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.)
Instance 2-B: Now, if they were going to ban something truly unpleasant…
(Agent Davies laughs.)
Voice: Now approaching West Coast Rainforest.
(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.)
Agent Davies: Good boy.
(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.)
<END LOG>

Footnotes
1. 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.
2. Referred to as Instance 2-A in the log for brevity.
3. 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.
4. 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.

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Item #: SCP-2953
Object Class: Safe
Special 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.
Description: 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 (≈70%), calcium (≈25%), and phosphorus (≈5%).
When a human makes direct contact with SCP-2953 (hereon referred to as 'subject'), he/she undergoes the following transfigurations:

Lengthening of the coccyx, often protruding from the epidermis.
Increment in pheomelanin in subject's hair.
Abnormal hair growth throughout subject's body.
Elongation of the face such that a snout is formed.
Transformation of hands and feet into paw-like appendages.
Increased production of estrogen in subject, often causing breast development.
Growth of extra teats (up to four per breast) on the breast.

The 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.
Fragments 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.
Prior 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.

This 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.
In the second year of the era Ryakuō, 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

On ██/██/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.

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- For complete transcript, see Document 2953-Ki

The 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.
Using 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.

Previous incidents recorded by the now-defunct Onmyō Bureau cautioned the prospect of desecrated shapeshifting youkai reincarnating in nearby areas and adopt traits of those lands.5, 6 While the onmyō practitioners deemed it a wildcard, I assert that this aspect can be a benefit to the Empire.
War 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).
Instead, it will be advantageous if the fox spirit adopts a form that can kill one hundred heroes – a form suitable for war. The so-called kumiho of Chōsen is said to be a bloodthirsty half-fox, half-human creature which feasted on human hearts and livers. That should be sufficient.
Therefore, 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 Chōsen and become the evil spirit worthy of her place amongst Japan's Three Great Monsters and in the nightmares of Chōsen natives. And she will serve the Empire's interest, with sufficient coercion on our part.

With 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.

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- For compilation, see Document 2953-Tsu

Yesterday, using a volunteer, we have proved that direct contact with the Sessho-seki has a positive effect on the toucher.
Today, 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.
Tomorrow, 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.

With 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.
Guards supervising those volunteers should be equally covered, so that no accidents will occur.

Extraction 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.
Notably, 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.
That 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.
The 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.

March 14, 1939
Dear Doctor Abe
We 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.
However, 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 – precisely the objectives of Operation Dakki, but soon to be realised.
Therefore, 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.
Regarding the fox spirit, notify General Nura of the Youkai Battalion when you have located her.
Sincerely,
General Kurata M.

All pieces of SCP-2953 were recovered from IJAMEA Fusan Facility on ██/██/1945, following Japan's surrender in World War II.

Document 2953-Ne

Abstract: 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.
IJAMEA 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.

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As 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.
The 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.
All suspicious activities are to be reported to city authorities promptly.
Governor Minami

We 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.
We will be establishing lines of communication to her very soon. After which, we will report her to the High Command.

We 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.
As 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 Chōsen? If that were the case, it shames me for Tamamo-no-Mae to regard me in such manner.

Today, 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.

Humanoid-vulpine polymorphism 〇
Divination ?
Pyrokinesis ✕
Spiritual possession of humans ✕
Hallucination creation ?
Many of the abilities ascribed to her kind were not displayed in our tests. Perhaps we need to assist her in accessing those abilities?
Thus far, Tamamo-no-Mae is cooperative. Perhaps she is aware of her origin as a Japanese, despite acquiring the imagery imposed by Chōsen natives? With further acclimatisation and guidance, she can be fit for war.

Strange. There has been no response from the Youkai Battalion. I am certain that I have written to General Nura a few weeks ago.
A pity. It appears that Tamamo-no-Mae will be in our care for a while longer.

Tamamo-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.

The Home Islands have faced the wrath of the Americans' new weapon, and the Soviets have invaded the Chōsen Peninsula. It is inevitable.
Certainly the Allies will come and take over Chōsen, 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.

Even if she has adopted Chōsen traits, Tamamo-no-Mae is still a Japanese. She is technically not an abnormal material. She should not be surrendered to foreigners.

When the Foundation occupied IJAMEA Fusan Facility on ██/██/1945, Entity "Tamamo-no-Mae" was not found in its supposed holding cell. Its current whereabouts remain unknown. A hypothesis from O5-██ 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.

Footnotes
1. 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).
2. Refers to the Southern court, which opposed the Ashikaga shogunate during the Nanboku-chō (Northern and Southern Courts) period.
3. Japanese title for the Chinese classic Journey to the West.
4. Japanese name for Sun Wukong, a protagonist of Journey to the West
5. Onmyō Bureau documents cited in the proposal were dated to pre-Asuka periods or during the Genpei War, Nanboku-chō and Warring States periods. Due to Japan's political instability during those periods, most Onmyō Bureau records from those periods are believed to be of low historicity and often exaggerated from secondary sources.
6. Despite partial low historicity, IJAMEA maintained the stance that all Onmyō 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".
7. Japanese name for Pusan, Korea.
8. Equivalent to 1939 CE.

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SCP-2954-1A.

Item #: SCP-2954
Object Class: Euclid
Special 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.
Description: 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.
SCP-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.
Tsuburaya 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.
During 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.
Addendum 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.
Of note are the following:

(Translated from Japanese) Our sponsor gave twenty monsters to shoot. We'll pick the best footage.

Filming completed, ██/██/1974. Don't forget: call our sponsor to say further shipments are unneeded.

Daiju Producers-
Do you need more Fukaeru? We can resupply until you're satisfied!

Daiju Producers-
You have not replied for a while! Regardless, we will send another shipment. Happy filming!

There 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.

Footnotes
1. A known center of IJAMEA activity prior to the end of the Second World War.

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Item #: SCP-2955
Object Class: Euclid
Special 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.
In 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.
Description: 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
Individual 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.
SCP-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:

Human beings
Helios-class aerial surveillance drone (as of 08/07/2008)

The 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.
SCP-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.

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Event 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.
Date of Occurrence: 15/08/2007
Location: Ica Region, Peru
Follow-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.

After 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.

Reference Date
Location
Description

15/08/2007
Ica Region, Peru
First known sighting of SCP-2955; initially classified as EE-72806.

09/09/2007
Gorgona Island, Colombia
Second 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.

16/12/2007
Antofagasta Province, Chile
As 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.

08/07/2008
Arequipa Region, Peru
Helios-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.

13/03/2009
Mendoza Province, Argentina
Current location of SCP-2955; its location initially verified via satellite imaging, remote observation and GPR. Construction of Area-846 around SCP-2955 began.

Addendum 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.

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The following excerpts are derived from the log of Friar Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan monk involved in the Coronado Expedition.6

…source of the New World's riches – 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…

…dispatched 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…

…no 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…

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The following excerpt is derived from the journal of Father Jose Gracia Alsue, during his 1766 expedition to Aisén, Chile in search for the mythical City of the Caesars.

…dwellings 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…

Every 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…

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The following excerpt is derived from a transcription of a Zuni shaman from New Mexico, USA.

Clear the land for the golden city,
and revere it as a guest of the land.
In time, the golden city offers its gratitude
and its ornaments to the hosts of the land.

Addendum 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.
SCP-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 ██/██/2009.
Addendum 2955-3: On ██/██/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.

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About 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.
For 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.

Footnotes
1. Similarities between SCP-2955 and SCP-2583 have been noted. [DATA REDACTED].
2. An alloy of gold and copper widely used in pre-Colombian Central America and South America.
3. CE 900 – 1150
4. An upper limit is currently undetermined; the longest recorded transition period between 2 consecutive transmigration events is about 9 months.
5. "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." – Dr. Esteban Rodriguez
6. An expedition into Southwestern United States in search for the mythical Seven Cities of Gold, led by the conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado.

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Satellite image of SCP-2956 taken in Severodvinsk Port four days before its departure. Image captured by SCPS Laniakea in LEO.

Item#: SCP-2956
Object Class: Keter Safe
Special Containment Procedures: As of the completion of Operation Dostoevsky's Phalanx on ██/██/██, 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.
The 2956 designation will be eligible for reclassification as neutralized in 56,000 (±200) 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.
Research 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.

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SCP-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.
In 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.
SCP-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.
Whenever 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.
In 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:

SCPF Faithfull and Turgenev are to use any anti-submarine weaponry available to force SCP-2956 to dive.
All 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.
MTF 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

Description: SCP-2956 is a Project 941 "Akula" class Soviet submarine currently traversing the world's oceans in a semi-random pattern. As of ██/██/██, 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.
SCP-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.
SCP-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 ██/██/██, 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.
SCP-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 █████, 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.
SCP-2956-2 is a 48 year old Caucasian male, with a height of 1.78m. SCP-2956-2 is Peter ██████, 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-██ in [LOCATION REDACTED].
Hippo-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 ██████. 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.
It 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.
Discovery 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.
In 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.

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Interviewee: SCP-2956-2
Interviewer: Dr Froon, Site-77
Date: [DATE REDACTED]
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Dr Froon: Hello, SCP-2956-2. I'm Dr Karen Froon. I'll be your interviewer over the course of your stay here.
SCP-2956-2: Please, call me Peter.
Dr 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?
SCP-2956-2: Yes, I guess I do. I'm to do these puzzles to keep my mind off of Ivan.
Dr Froon: SCP-2956-1? What can you tell us about him?
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: And what can you tell us about this event?
SCP-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… 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.
Dr Froon: So they had trapped his consciousness inside of a computer? And then what?
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: What does he say, if anything? Do you communicate often?
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: Can you elaborate on what he's been telling you? He said that he was in pain?
SCP-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.
Dr 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?
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: And that's why he's been sending you hallucinations?
SCP-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.
Dr 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.
SCP-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.
Dr 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?
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: Thank you for your time, Peter. There will be more interviews soon, but for now just complete as many puzzles as possible.

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Interview Log 16
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Dr Froon: Peter, how are you feeling?
SCP-2956-2: I've been better, I'll be honest.
Dr Froon: What's wrong?
SCP-2956-2: Ivan's hitting me hard this time. I think I need less time to sleep.
Dr 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.
SCP-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?
Dr Froon: I wanted to see what SC- Ivan, had been sending you. Mentally, I mean.
SCP-2956-2: Well, right now he's been repeating the same things, a mixture of Russian marching songs and quotes by Karl Marx.
Dr Froon: Are those coming from him? Is he speaking directly into your ear?
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: Is that why you became unresponsive yesterday?
SCP-2956-2: Yes, sensory overload. I think his new tactic is more attrition than anything else. He's trying to (inaudible)
Dr Froon: You're sweating. Is Ivan sending you something?
SCP-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.
SCP-2956-2 throws a ball of paper towards the corner of the containment chamber, tracks an invisible object across the room.
SCP-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.
Dr 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?
SCP-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.
Dr 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.
SCP-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.
Dr 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?
SCP-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.
Dr 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.
SCP-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 █████3 when the USSR fell.
Dr Froon: So you know nothing about the process involving the creation of SCP-2956-1 in its current state?
SCP-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?
Dr Froon: What is it?
SCP-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.
SCP-2956 places his head in his hands.
SCP-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?
Dr Froon: I have a younger brother.
SCP-2956-2: From one sibling to another, Doctor, could you do that for me? Make sure he doesn't feel much pain?
Dr 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.
SCP-2956-2 points towards the eastern wall.
SCP-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?
<END LOG>

Two 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.

Incident 2956-09

At the same moment, an RSM Bulava SLBM (disguised as a US ████████ 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.
Seven 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.
The 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.

Interview Log 17
<START LOG>
Dr Froon: You gave us quite a scare there, you know. What happened?
SCP-2956-2: Well, I'm not quite sure. Ivan's been hitting harder. He keeps repeating the same mental messages and strange images.
Dr Froon: Which are?
SCP-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… strange.
Dr Froon: Can you describe it?
SCP-2956-2: Yeah, sure. It's just that he has never done something like this. Not this heavy.
Dr Froon: Just describe it the best you can.
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: Just try to keep calm. Is this what made you collapse?
SCP-2956-2: No no. This was different. It was on the television, t-the one in the cell. Doctor, listen-
Dr 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.
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: Just describe what you saw.
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: And this footage, you remember it being shot? Was it done by a relative or-
SCP-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.
Dr 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.
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: Peter, you've been treated much better than the other things held at this facility. Don't let that change. Carry on.
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: How do you know it was a man?
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: Was that everything? Is that what-
SCP-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.
Dr Froon writes down notes
SCP-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.
Dr 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?
SCP-2956-2: I felt myself slip away, and felt him take the keys. Then I woke up.
Dr Froon: Your heart stopped beating as well. You were considered medically dead. Ivan fired a missile almost instantly. What happened when you awoke?
SCP-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.
Dr Froon writes down notes in silence for approximately 12 seconds.
SCP-2956-2: Doctor, there's something else I need to tell you.
Dr Froon: What's that?
SCP-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.
Dr Froon: What is it?
SCP-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… 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.
Dr Froon: Okay. That's okay, we can get it written up. Do you need to spend some time inside a reduction chamber?
SCP-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?
Dr Froon: This is probably just a psychotic episode taking place. We can-
SCP-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!
Dr 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.
SCP-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-
Dr 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?
SCP-2956-2 stares at the floor.
Dr Froon: Peter?
SCP-2956-2: Doctor, are you pregnant?
Note - Dr Froon was 2 months pregnant at the time of this interview, which was not apparent to an average observer.
Dr Froon: (Glances towards the observation window) Why would you think that, Peter?
SCP-2956-2 remains unresponsive.
<END LOG>

DEPARTMENT OF TELEPATHY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMUNICATION
SCP-2956 - COUNCIL EYES ONLY
MESSAGE SENT TO SITE COMMAND
Interim Director Chaim Hughes

Message received by Site Administration on [REDACTED]

To: chaimbsitecommand@fndintra.scp
From: froonk@fndintra.scp
Re: SCP-2956-2
We 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.
Shortly afterwards, a series of Cyrillic written sentences, written in charcoal, manifested without warning on the eastern wall, reading the following:
IF YOUR (sic) LOCKED UP
AND I'M A SUBMARINE
WE'EL (sic) ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER
DON'T TRUST THEM
I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU
After 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.
Dr Karen Froon, Department of Telepathy and Psychological Communication, Site-77

After 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-██, along with a bathyscaphe (Previously Bathyscaphe ██████)
Dr 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 ██th 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.

+ //fileserv:/S:/operation_dostoevsky's_phalanx [         ]

- Credentials Accepted [*****]

SCPF Dominica seen towing the bathyscaphe during Operation Dostoevsky's Phalanx over the Java Trench.

On ██/██/██, 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.

14:50 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.
<START LOG>
Dr Vasily: Ivan, can you hear me?
After 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.
Voice 1: …Yes, you are aware that the parameters have been met, correct?
Voice 2: (inaudible)
Voice 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.
Voice 2: (inaudible)
Voice 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.
Voice 2: (unknown, possibly "goodbye" or "goodness")
Voice 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.
Voice 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?
Voice 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.
Voice 2: (inaudible)
Voice 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.
Voice 2: (inaudible)
Voice 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.
(Unidentified noise in recording, 3 seconds)
Voice 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.
(13 second pause, paper shuffling heard in recording)
Voice 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 grâce. 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.
Voice 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.
Voice 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.
(Heavy machinery heard in recording, 12 seconds)
Voice 1: (shouting over noise) And maybe, Ivan, if you do a good job, we may be able to bring you back, and-
A whirring noise is heard, attributed to the recording device being reset
Voice 1: …Yes, you are aware that the parameters have been met, correct?
Voice 2: (inaudible)
[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-██, who believe that SCP-2956-1 was attempting to shout or possibly cry, despite not having the physical capabilities to do so.
Shortly 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.
At 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
SCP-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 ██/██/██, discussing whether further action should be taken against SCP-2956 to ensure its complete destruction as per Protocol-██████/██8.
Director 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.

+ (1) New Message Received

- Welcome, Director

Message received: August 12th, ████ - WEBCOM 13, IRAN BRANCH. PRIORITY 3, DIRECTOR EYES ONLY.

To Site Director Chaim Hughes - chaimbsitecommand@fndintra.scp

From: Rsr. Richard Zapruder - rzapruder@fndintra.scp

Subject - Tehran Apartment Evidence - PRIORITY 3

Decrypting - Awaiting File Transfer

The 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.
The 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.
I'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.
Get back to us on anything you find.
- Researcher Zapruder

Translating - Data received, Russian - Hebrew

Forgive me, for I have sinned.
We 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.
We 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.
We 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.
And 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.
Ivan'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.
End 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.
This 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.
I'm sorry Anna, I'm sorry Yuri, I'm sorry David.

♪In the village where I was born
Lived a man who died in fire
And he told us of his life
His life as a submarine
"Hit it!"
We all live in a nuclear submarine
Nuclear submarine, nuclear submarine♪

Footnotes
1. 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.
2. Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles, specifically RSM-52 150kt nuclear warheads carried aboard Akula class submarines.
3. 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 ██AU from Earth. Evidence of the device only exists in documents compiled from GRU defectors.
4. After further analysis and interviews with a forensic artist, researchers were able to determine that the "bearded man" was Slavoj Žižek, a notable Hegelian-Marxist philosopher.
5. 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.
6. 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".
7. 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.
8. 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)

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Item #: SCP-2957
Object Class: Safe
Special 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.
Two 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.
A 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.
Any instances of SCP-2957-2 produced are to be carefully labeled and transported to Site-DE04 for analysis and long-term storage.
Description: 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.
SCP-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.
SCP-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.
All 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.
Upon 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:

Name, appearance
Material provided → Alteration
Payment requested / Translation
Exchange made

Schiefer,6 45 cm tall, slightly dark skin, arrangement of moonstones on hat forms a circumpunct
10 cm flat slate tile fragment → stone can be used as a mirror, reflects an individual's visage with excellent clarity.
"So viel grüner Seetang wie ich tragen kann." / "As much green Seaweed as I can carry."
Bulk amount of tightly-packed preserved seaweed sheets. SCP-2957-1 examined stock, took roughly 23 kg of seaweed.

Bimsstein, 49 cm tall, pale skin, arrangement of moonstones on hat forms an inverted triangle
6 cm long clear calcite prism → when struck against the ground, emits a faint glow similar to moonlight for roughly 3 hours
"Wir bedürfen neuen Werkzeugs für die Arbeit, bringt uns das stärkste aller Metalle, so wir daraus feinstes Werkzeug machen mögen." / (Archaic, pretentious) "We require new tools for work, bring us the strongest of all metals, so we therefrom may make the finest tools."
20 kg crucible steel, 20 kg modern-process steel. SCP-2957-1 instantly rejected the modern steel in favor of the crucible steel.

Kohle, 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
8 cm irregularly-shaped moonstone → when exposed to visible light, diffuses scent of Cestrum nocturnum7, into the environment
"Das beste Leder das ihr finden könnt, soviel in meine Tasche passt." / "The best leather you can find, as much as fits in my satchel."
10 kg of full-grain leather. SCP-2957-1 took approximately 7 kg of the provided material.

Marmor, 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
7 cm diameter circular moonstone → provides immediate soothing effect upon skin contact. Can be used as analgesic for minor long-term ailments.
"Etwas warmes für mein Haupt, aber kleiner als mein Kopf." / "Something warm for my pate, but smaller than my head."
Seven small royal-blue wool knit hats. SCP-2957-1 appeared visibly pleased with the number and color.

Addendum 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 ██/██/████, a Foundation-familiar instance of SCP-2957-1 manifested. Agent Grauer, the current assigned SCP-2957-1 contact, managed to conduct a brief interview.

Note: The following interview was conducted in German and has been translated. Statements of interest from SCP-2957-1 are noted in their original wording.
Agent Grauer: I have to say, this is an unusual moon phase to meet you.
Bimsstein: Excuse me. But the tides are uneasy and the moon is restless in this dark night. His darker servants prefer such times.
Agent Grauer: Are not all of you servants of the moon?
Bimsstein: "Der Mond ist stark, das wohl, aber er gehört uns nicht allein."8 See, Heinzelmännchen9 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.
Agent Grauer: I'm sorry to hear that. Is there nobody else who you can trade with?
Bimsstein: 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… no. Forget what I have said.
Agent Grauer: Kobolde, you say?
Bimsstein: Those of us who take without exchange. We have withstood their raids. You should not be the next they are taking from.
Agent Grauer: Should I be wary? Could I meet one of them?
Bimsstein: [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.
Agent Grauer: "One of us"? So they are…?
Bimsstein: 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
Agent Grauer: Why do they decline the first duty?
Bimsstein: 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.
Agent Grauer: I apologize for bringing up this memory. Let us talk about your pay.
Bimsstein: 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.

Investigation 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.
Addendum 2957-2: As of ██/██/████, 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.
Recent 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".

Footnotes
1. A visual similarity to SCP-1054 has been noted.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. SCP-2957-1 demonstrate greater approval of translucent stones, but will alter any rock material provided by the individual they broker the deal with.
5. Noted by one SCP-2957-1 instance as "the space between tides, where the moon and we too rest".
6. Listed as the first instance of SCP-2957-1 to have successfully bartered with Foundation personnel.
7. Common name "night-blooming jasmine"
8. "The moon is strong, that is, but he doesn't belong only to us."
9. A race of creatures from German folklore, specifically a tale about little house gnomes.
10. "A gone-wrong wish."

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