The following is a record of negotiations between representatives of the Foundation and GoI-2378 ("Paradisus") regarding the terms of an information exchange on SCP-4861. In order to prevent Paradisus from using these records to gain an unfair advantage in negotiations, they are to be deleted from all Foundation records on 12/11/2030.

Representing the interests of the Foundation are Dr. Newman and Agent Klaus, while Paradisus is represented by Great-Doctor Samuelson and Fine-Agent Xi.

Negotiation Log 4861-1: <Begin Log> (Dr. Newman is setting up the recording equipment, as Agent Klaus waits by the door. Great-Doctor Samuelson and Fine-Agent Xi are already sat at the table.) Great-Doctor Samuelson: (to Xi) You see that? I'm sure I've seen that recording equipment in a museum when I was a kid. Fine-Agent Xi: Very interesting, sir. Great-Doctor Samuelson: I know. Thank you. (Dr. Newman and Agent Klaus pull up their seats and sit down.) Great-Doctor Samuelson: Ah, you're finally finished? Dr. Newman: (nods) We can begin. Great-Doctor Samuelson: Fantastic. Now, I would hope you've read the file on SCP-4861? Agent Klaus: We wouldn't have bothered to talk to you otherwise. (Pause.) Great-Doctor Samuelson: I'm sensing some hostility here. Please don't forget the peace agreement, Mr. Klaus. (Pause.) Agent Klaus: Of course. Great-Doctor Samuelson: Thank you so much. Miss Newman? Dr. Newman: Doctor, please. Great-Doctor Samuelson: Forgive me. Dr. Newman: According to the files you've sent us, in the year 2030 this anomaly will appear over a city somewhere in Europe and kill ten thousand people - breaking the Veil. Great-Doctor Samuelson: Partially breaking the Veil. We do manage to recover - but it takes some time. Dr. Newman: The Psionics Divison looked through the readings you've gave us, the ones from the day SCP-4861 supposedly appears. They seem legitimate. Great-Doctor Samuelson: Supposedly? You wound me. Dr. Newman: Hm. It does concern us that you're not more specific about where exactly SCP-4861 appears. Great-Doctor Samuelson: Well, we'd be more willing to provide that information. (Pause.) Dr. Newman: If…? Great-Doctor Samuelson: If you agree to our terms. Agent Klaus: And you're willing to let ten thousand people die if we don't? Great-Doctor Samuelson: Well, from our perspective, those people have been dead for more than seventy years. If anyone ended up being responsible for their deaths, it wouldn't be us. Dr. Newman: Enough, Klaus. (Pause.) Dr. Newman: (sighs) What are your terms? Great-Doctor Samuelson: You currently have two anomalies in your custody - SCP-737 and SCP-1018. We'd like for you to transfer custody of those items over to us. (Pause.) Agent Klaus: A toy train and an edgy anartists idea of a prank. Strange requests. Dr. Newman: Why do you want them? Great-Doctor Samuelson: At some point in the future - now, I won't say when - those two anomalies will be destroyed in containment breaches. It pains us to see such shoddy workmanship from our predecessors. It's like an embarassing childhood memory. We'd like to save those anomalies, and the secrets our research could potentially unlock from them, from that fate. (Pause.) Dr. Newman: We'll need to discuss this with our superiors, you understand. Fine-Agent Xi: Of course. Take your time. Great-Doctor Samuelson: Yes, yes, take your time. You've got ten years of it, after all. <End Log>

Negotiation Log 4861-2: <Begin Log> (All parties sit down at the table.) Dr. Newman: Forgive the rudeness, but we need to make sure timelines are synced. Current Foundation Time is 18:21 on the seventh of January, 2020. Yourselves? Great-Doctor Samuelson: Of course. We're just as devoted to the Lambert Agreement as you. Current Paradisus Time is 18:21 … now 18:22, on the seventh of January, 2100. Fine-Agent Xi: And following this meeting, we'll return to our time period at the appropriate equivalent to Current Foundation Time. Dr. Newman: Thank you, gentlemen. Now, we've been looking over the additional materials on SCP-4861 you sent over to us - thank you for that, by the way - and we just have a few questions. Great-Doctor Samuelson: Please, don't hold back. I'm sure you must all be very confused. (Pause.) Dr. Newman: Of course. Thank you. Now - from what you've told us, I assume the appearance of SCP-4861 is, to you, a historical event? Great-Doctor Samuelson: That's correct. Dr. Newman: And I would expect that event had a significant influence on your present? (Great-Doctor Samuelson nods.) Dr. Newman: Then, by definition, wouldn't allowing us to prepare for SCP-4861 alter your own time heavily? Maybe even beyond recognition? (Pause.) Great-Doctor Samuelson: (laughs) I appreciate the concern, dear - but as I'm sure you remember from your attempts to rewrite us during our minor scuffle, transferring our consciousness' over to another timeline is not very difficult for us. Agent Klaus: Five hundred and fifty one. (Pause.) Great-Doctor Samuelson: I'm sorry? Agent Klaus: Five-hundred and fifty one. The number of people you killed during that minor scuffle. Great-Doctor Samuelson: …I see. Regrettable. Anyone you know? Agent Klaus: (takes out photograph of SCP-4861) We've been inspecting the image you sent to us of SCP-4861. Looks like it's the real deal, even if you did censor damn near everything in it. Great-Doctor Samuelson: We couldn't have you reading the stars and determining the location, you see. Agent Klaus: So it's night-time when it appears, then? (Pause.) Great-Doctor Samuelson: I, uh… Fine-Agent Xi: (clears throat) Dr. Newman. I believe you had a few more questions? Dr. Newman: That's right. From what these files detail, the only thing SCP-4861 does following its appearance is release those psionic waves every thirty seconds. It doesn't even move from its original position without something else moving it. What else should we know about it? Is it even alive? Great-Doctor Samuelson: We don't believe so - our current hypothesis is that it's a spontaneous byproduct of many thousands of psionic signals colliding in the right way, a coincidental thing. But that isn't the important thing, the way we see it. What you should see as important is where SCP-4861 will appear, and how best to minimize the damage it inflicts when it does. When can we expect SCP-737 and SCP-1018? (Pause.) Dr. Newman: That's … still being discussed. Great-Doctor Samuelson: …I see. I have to say, Miss Newman, I don't like having my time wasted. When next we meet, make sure you bring those anomalies with you, or we'll decide this isn't worth the effort. I understand two Thaumiel-class anomalies require a certain level of consideration, but - Fine-Agent Xi: (coughs) Dr. Newman: I'm sorry? Great-Doctor Samuelson: I - I'm sure you are. We'll be taking our leave now. <End Log>