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SCP-12438Item #: SCP-12438Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-12438 is to be maintained and maintained at Site-33. Contact with SCP-12438 is to be limited to personnel at Site-33 with approved SCP files, and the files of any individuals who have interacted with SCP-12438. Approved personnel are to wear Level-4 hazmat suits during any and all contact with SCP-12438, or if this is not feasible. At no time should any member of the public know of SCP-12438. Any individuals known to have had contact with SCP-12438 are to be excluded from any and all routine travel plans for five (5) years from the point where the contact occurred and at the discretion of Site-33 Director Quinton Watson.
Description: SCP-12438 is a single(9) pound gold brick, depicting a human skull with thirteen lines carved into it. Foundation personnel has determined that the lineart and the blunt end of the skull were added after SCP-12438 was manufactured, whereas the face, eyes, and ears were later added. It is noted that the various scars visible on the skull are not present in the image of the skull carved into the brick. Individuals who know about SCP-12438 have been observed to display a strong sense of melancholy. This sentiment is immediately felt upon close observation of SCP-12438. In addition to this, SCP-12438 causes a loss of 6% of the standard maintenance of any building constructed upon it (with the exception of Foundation or Armed forces installations).Addendum 12438-01: On ██/██/████, an instance of SCP-12438 broke through an iron fence at the edge of an outer wall of Site-33. No Foundation personnel was present at the time. Only a few minutes later, two large objects had entered Site-33. Upon investigation, it was determined that they were of a compound structure and were composed of brick, wood, and silver, as well as military-grade armor and ammunition. SCP-12438 had been completely destroyed, although there was nothing particularly valuable recovered.
Addendum 12438-02: The SCP-12438 compound in which it was located was constructed by operatives of Team Denmark, under the supervision of Dr. Fao Yan. During its construction, it had the appearance of the tower house used to house members of Team Denmark. No significant civilian casualties occurred during the construction of the compound.
Addendum 12438-03: In ██/██/██, a unit of Marines (Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 36th Marines) came under heavy fire from civilians in a nightclub located at 66 Northeast 27th Street, ██, New York. After the confrontation, the enemy killed all of the Marines but killed ██ the soldiers present.
Interviewed: Dr. [REDACTED] Interviewer: Dr. [REDACTED] Foreword: Dr. [REDACTED] interviewed one member of Team Denmark who had been wounded in the battle against the enemy. <Begin Log> Dr. [REDACTED]: Good afternoon. [REDACTED] (Individual): You. Dr. [REDACTED]: My name is [REDACTED]. [REDACTED]: We are responding to a call for the casualties of Operation [REDACTED]. [REDACTED]: It looks like you will be deploying to [REDACTED]. Dr. [REDACTED]: How do you know that? [REDACTED]: We are close to their location. [REDACTED]: That makes me very happy. This place is also a library. Everything seems very old. Dr. [REDACTED]: Ooh, is that the writer at the back of that lineart? I was just going over my notes. [REDACTED]: There is a library somewhere in here. And then… the back. I'll show you. Dr. [REDACTED]: Did you say there was a library? Dr. [REDACTED]: Are you still concerned about casualties? Dr. [REDACTED]: I never give up on soldiers. I just never die for them. [REDACTED]: What can I do to help? Dr. [REDACTED]: I don't really know. I just need a few people to take this information back to you. Dr. [REDACTED]: I'll call you later. [END LOG] Closing Statement: After the date of this interview, Dr. [REDACTED] disappeared from Site-33.
Addendum 12438-04: With the exception of 11 days, on average, since then, no casualties are reported in, or due to, SCP-12438-related incidents.Addendum 12438-05: On ██/██/████, Dr. [REDACTED] stopped administering SCP-12438, having ordered an infusion of Echinacea. SCP-12438 has since recovered and is currently growing. Addendum 12438-06: On ██/██/████, SCP-12438 reached a milestone, having reached its 200th day.Addendum 12438-07: During the process of the incoming portal, SCP-12438 was temporarily shut down by the Foundation. Three large shards of SCP-12438-1 appeared out of the portal and attempted to drain the light of Site-33. A helicopter sent to destroy the shard was destroyed before it had a chance to properly enter the air. After taking the shard of SCP-12438 into custody, an investigation was conducted by a Foundation Agent. Approximately 15 years after its entrance into the world, a section of ████ ██████ High School was constructed and remodeled to house a new high school. The rest of the school was completely gutted, with all desks and chairs left in place.201603/08/15Video footage of the building renovations: Addendum 12438-09: On ██/██/████, SCP-12438 was told that it had been upgraded to Class-A status.Addendum 12438-10: On ██/██/████, ██/██/████, and ██/██/████, SCP-12438 was given an experimental headache drug; on ██/██/████, SCP-12438 began taking it on a regular basis.
Addendum 12438-11: On ██/██/████, an entry in SCP-12438's log was found.<Begin Log> 06/02/2010 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 09/04/10 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 11/02/10 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 06/02/2011 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 09/05/11 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 12/10/11 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 06/04/2012 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 11/02/2012 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 06/08/2013 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 11/02/2013 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 06/10/2013 - [DATA EXPUNGED] 11/02/2013 - [DATA EXPUNGED]
Note: The content of these logs indicates that the noontime in question did not occur, and is almost certainly a manipulation of data contained in previous logs.Additional Containment Logs:12/24/12: Subject described as a former junkie. Found by Foundation personnel after it was reported missing. If lost, the subject should be considered a suspected anomaly. Anomaly criteria waived.22/04/13: Case incident logs entered.Closed case on 05/02/2013.01/09/14: Closed case on 06/01/13.Cases closed after reclassification to O5-P4.22/04/14. End
