 SCP-2969 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-2969 is held within a sealed humanoid containment chamber located within Site-77 subbasement levels. No subject should come within 800 meters of SCP-2969's containment chamber. The chamber is monitored at all times with remote surveillance. A radio link exists between the chamber and the perimeter. There is no lighting within the containment chamber, and SCP-2969 should be blindfolded at all times. Once per day, a staff member should read SCP-2969 a literary passage describing a murder via the radio. This genre has been determined to be the most effective out of all tested. There is to be a minimum of repetitions vocabulary between stories. In the event of a containment breach, these stories will be read over the Site-PA system. This genre and methodology have been selected to ensure SCP-2969's voluntary cooperation with Site Personnel. A complete record of all stories read to SCP-2969 has been stored in Site-77's non-anomalous Documentation Wing. In the event that SCP-2969 exits containment, these records will be automatically sealed to prevent SCP-2969 from accessing them. Currently, all hard copies of SCP-2969's stories are being transcribed to an online database for ease of use. Description SCP-2969 is a monochromatic male humanoid. It does not eat or sleep, and spends the majority of its time in containment sitting in the center of its containment chamber. SCP-2969 is capable of speaking American English, but does not normally communicate with personnel. In SCP-2969 comprehends language, whether by reading it or being read to, it becomes impossible for any human with a limited range around SCP-2969 to use the vocabulary it comprehended. Affected subjects use similes, improper grammar, and copious uses of hand motions to communicate if communication is still possible. The SCP-2969 effect lasts for approximately 70 hours, an effect an approximate radius of 650 to 750 meters. When reading affected language, subjects always become immediately distracted before they can read or simply display apathy towards the writing. If questioned, subjects claim to want to read, but being unable to. The effect appears to be based on SCP-2969's memory of the language, with longer written passages occasionally not being affected at the end due to SCP-2969 losing interest. As SCP-2969 continues to repeatedly comprehend the same language, its area of effect increases. It is hypothesized that if SCP-2969 were allowed to memorize a passage, the effect would become permanent with a larger affected area, for more information to see recovery. Recovery SCP-2969 was discovered on October 19, 1989, after internal anomaly auditors noted at Site-77 was being affected by a linguistic anomaly. Foundation personnel were able to determine the source. A small trailer home in ████████, after searching the home, SCP-2969 was discovered living underneath the resident's bed. The resident, a legally blind 91-year-old retired nurse, had been an avid reader previously, but had her collection of books taken away by her family due to her condition. SCP-2969 manifested sometime after this event. During cleanup operations, agents noted a dictionary located within the premises. It was mostly destroyed due to age, but several undamaged pages were noted to be anomalously unreadable. As of January 3, 1990, SCP-2969 had been classified as Euclid. Addendum 2-0 Texts that are reproduced entirely by hand do not cause SCP-2969 to affect the originals if the writing that was originally produced more than 50 years before being retyped. All copies of the reproduction would be affected by SCP-2969. The cause of this is currently unknown. Update 2-1 SCP-2969 responded when personnel questioned it about the observed anomaly and its effect. This interview was recorded on September 17, 2002, and is the first known direct communication between SCP-2969 and Foundation personnel. Interviewed SCP-2969 Interviewer Dr. Boyd Forward Interview was done from a distance of 800 yards by radio. Begin log SCP-2969 Can you hear me? Yes Shuffling of papers, muffled noises. Are you able to understand me? SCP-2969 does not respond. Would you, uh, be able to explain why reproductions of old writings are affected differently than the originals? They are not the same. Different writers, different headspace. What does that mean? The past not taken are just as important to the story, and the time it takes place as of what happens in the plot scene? There's a whole lot, a lot of difference in the newer stories. I still don't think I'm following. SCP-2969 did not respond. I'm sorry, can you please explain? You have a huge world to explore in your new stories, based on the world outside of the old stories. They write their versions of the whole different world. Stories are still part of the world beyond the page. Writing is the world. It's important. If writing is important, why do you prevent others from reading what you've read? There are those out there who take books. They burn them, or they take them and leave you with nothing to do but stare at the wall and break yourself with frustration. Which is beautiful, and it needs to be protected from those people. SCP-2969 did not respond to further questioning, and the interview is terminated. End log. Closing statement. SCP-2969 would not observe the changes postured during the interview, and has not communicated since this event.