SCP-1135 refers to an isolated village with
an undisclosed name based in rural India. There are currently over a hundred private
residences within the village, in addition to marketplaces and a Hindu center of worship. While nothing would appear superficially anomalous
about this location out of context, those with a more comprehensive knowledge of the
area would immediately notice something was amiss here. The structures are far larger and more technically
advanced than is typical for such a rural area. All the buildings in SCP-1135 are equipped
with running hot and cold water, electricity, centralized heating, indoor plumbing, and
a functional sewage system, which are atypical for an area expected to be in abject poverty. The roads in and around the village also seem
to be paved with asphalt and concrete, despite them having no known means of establishing
this kind of infrastructure in the village. Strangely, there doesn’t seem to be any
kind of power grid or series of generators that would allow for electricity to run to
these buildings, but that’s only the start of the anomalous nature of SCP-1135, which
is also known as The Living Village, for reasons you’ll soon discover. When things really started to get weird was
during the Foundation’s investigations into the nature of the buildings themselves. They found that the buildings and all permanent
fixtures of the town that weren’t placed there by an outside force were filled with
living, organic fibers, as though the entire village had an interconnected nervous system. The fibers don’t seem to harm the integrity
of any of the buildings, and they run at least three meters under the ground, where they
all connect. It appeared to the Foundation that this network
of fibers grew and repaired itself independently, and was somehow drawing nutrients from the
soil. The Foundation concluded that the village
was a kind of huge, living organism, most similar to a kind of fungus. What’s truly remarkable about the organic
fibers of SCP-1135 is that they are capable of quickly producing a wide variety of both
organic and inorganic material around themselves, which is how they produced all the complex
structures found around the village. The semi-organic nature of all the buildings
in the village means that, if damaged, they can gradually repair themselves over time. And even more fascinating is that new buildings
have been known to spring up around the town on occasion, maintaining structural integrity
during every phase of the growing process. When space becomes limited, or resources become
scarce, fibers within some of the buildings are liable to atrophy. This leads to certain buildings collapsing,
disintegrating, and being absorbed back into the ground. SCP-1135 does appear to need some kind of
sustenance in order to continue surviving and growing. Like less complex and anomalous fungi, the
village absorbs water and nutrients from the surrounding soil. However, it also appears to consume waste
left within the boundaries of the village, and will begin to experience a rapid decomposition
process as 1135 absorbs its chemical energy. Interestingly, it seems that the waste absorbed
by SCP-1135 leaves no unpleasant odor as a byproduct of its decomposition. Nor are there typically any remains left over
once the process is complete. The actual nature of this process is currently
unexplainable. The Foundation also has no answers as to how
SCP-1135 differentiates between waste and non-waste matter. But if SCP-1135 goes for a long period without
feeding, it will begin breaking down its own structures for sustenance. And this process goes both ways. If SCP-1135 is “fed” enough waste, it
will then reconstitute this matter and start creating new structures within the village,
or it will begin improving the structures already present at an increased rate. At this point, the Foundation believed they
were dealing with a relatively harmless anomaly here. This isn’t a “man-eating location” situation
like SCP-002, as the feeding process of SCP-1135 exclusively affects non-living tissues, and
even then, only non-living tissues that aren’t actively in use. However, the Foundation would soon discover
that the village had certain defense mechanisms that could potentially present a real danger
to inhabitants and outsiders alike. Like many living creatures, SCP-1135 had evolved
certain innate methods of avoiding harm. If humans or other animals cause substantial
or repetitive harm to the structures within the village, the anomalous organism begins
setting dangerous traps to keep itself safe. On the less lethal end of the spectrum, 1135
would devise pitfalls and caltrops, which are dangerous metal spikes sticking out of
the ground. In the event of more severe attacks though,
1135 has been known to produce elaborate and deadly traps that would indicate complex intelligence
in a human. Thankfully, outside of attacks directly on
it, SCP-1135 has shown no signs that it wants to harm humans or any other animal. If not triggered, these traps will completely
disappear within thirty to forty days, as SCP-1135 slips back out of its defensive mode. The village even seems capable of differentiating
direct attacks from living beings and indirect damage caused by accident, and responds accordingly. This suggests that SCP-1135 may have higher
intelligence than we first thought, but this will require further study before we draw
any conclusions. SCP-1135 was first discovered by aid workers
assisting development and recovery efforts in the area. While interviewing local people, they said
that new buildings had literally just sprung up overnight. There were at least a thousand residents of
the anomalous village when the Foundation first intervened, and when interviewed, the
residents reported that the village had exhibited anomalous qualities for some time before the
Foundation arrived. This anomalous behavior began when the village
became the site of a “sustainable housing development scheme”, supposedly created
by an organization known as the Manna Charitable Foundation. At the time when SCP-1135 was first discovered,
this didn’t ring any bells for the Foundation researchers. However, in the years since, the Manna Charitable
Foundation have proven to be involved in a number of other anomalous causes investigated
by the SCP Foundation. The MCF is a Group of Interest that poses
as a charity organization, with a particular focus on humanitarian and environmental issues. Its approach to treating these issues, however,
is purely anomalous in nature. All residents of the area were expelled and
relocated, given Class A and Class B amnestics as well as implanted with false memories. The Foundation also kept a close watch on
local aid providers, scoping out any further anomalous activities or ties to the Manna
Charitable Foundation. No results were found for either. While the activities of SCP-1135 have largely
remained the same, there has been one strange new development. After a routine observational expedition through
the village, several buildings grew what appeared to be working electronic security cameras. These cameras have been observed to track
waste disposal and research teams as they move through the village, and to conduct periodic
sweeps of the village when undisturbed. Nobody knows where the feeds of these cameras
are heading, or who could be watching the Foundation’s activities here at any moment,
and this could constitute a potential security risk in the future. A request to destroy the cameras has been
submitted to the director of Site 36. As it stands, the answer is currently pending. While SCP-1135 has shown no active attempt
to escape, thus not quite earning it the Keter Class, the fact this is still a developing
anomaly with some tricks up its sleeves leaves gaps in the Foundation’s understanding of
it, at least until further research is performed. As a result, SCP-1135 has earned itself the
Euclid containment class. SCP-1135 is located within the boundaries
of Site 36, and is cordoned off by a three meter tall chain link fence, within which
is a four meter deep moat filled with powerful hydrochloric acid and a layer of impermeable
plastic, in hopes of preventing the underground fibers of the village from spreading out beyond
its confines. The area within this perimeter is checked
every three days by a team of unarmed researchers. These researchers, however, are required to
travel in teams, keep a constant visual on each other, and carry two-way radios as a
result of SCP-1135’s potentially shifting geography. If the village starts to show any hostility
whatsoever, the researchers must leave immediately. Only teams of D-Classes are permitted to enter
the village in a forty day period after this kind of hostility is noted, for fear of dangerous
traps. 500 kilograms of trash from Site 36 is placed
within the confines of SCP-1135 every single day, as a way of keeping the anomaly “fed”
and maintaining an amicable relationship with it. Nobody is permitted to cause any damage to
SCP-1135 unless it’s explicitly ordered by the Site Director of Site 36 in order to
prevent a major containment breach. No explosive materials or other items capable
of major structural damage to SCP-1135 are permitted within the security perimeter without
approval from the Site Director, either. The Living Village may not be one of the most
dangerous SCPs, not by a long shot, in fact, but what’s so interesting about it is the
sheer number of unanswered questions still popping up around it. How intelligent is the village? Does it fit into some grand plan from the
Manna Charitable Foundation? And most interesting of all, who is watching
the Foundation through those strange little security cameras? Perhaps one day we’ll find out, and only
time will tell if we come to regret it...
