Limbo

Item#: XXXX

Level2

Containment Class:

esoteric

Secondary Class:

ticonderoga

Disruption Class:

vlam

Risk Class:

caution

link to memo

#crater image
#SCP--1 image
#SCP--2 image
#possibly all in one if i can photoshop

Special Containment Procedures: Due to a characteristic reaction to contact with elemental gold, SCP-XXXX-1 was given a gold-coated bracelet¹ to distinguish it from humans on-site. Due to the nature of the subject no further containment procedures were necessary and regular living quarters were assigned to it within the complex. SCP-XXXX-2, in spite of being immovable was successfully put inside a vault under Class-A access restriction with the former's help.

Description:
The anomaly consists of two separate, independent entities. They appeared after an unnatural explosion of unforseen scale had happened in the thermosphere² and an unidentified object fell out of the sky to the created crater, after which both entities were found by sappers sent by the local government.

Appearance:
The first entity (later referred to as SCP-XXXX-1³) is a sapient life form similar in appearance to a human male, though its skin tone is unnaturally pale; facial features are well-defined, hair⁴ is black, eyes are a vibrant light blue color with small amber lines spread irregularly throughout, the whole figure muscular, but lean.
The only way to visually distinguish SCP-XXXX-1 from a regular human (other than the pale skin) is to touch it with a gold or gold-coated object, at which point the amber in its eyes will light up to a vibrant golden hue and the rest of the iris will lose color - this effect can last for up to an hour after the touch has been released.

The second entity, later referred to as SCP-XXXX-2⁵ is a small, slightly translucent flame-like substance of the same color as SCP-XXXX-1's hair and it is not affected by any outside forces.

Behaviour:
SCP-XXXX-1's behavior is human-like, it demonstrates high intelligence and obliges with any research conducted on it, SCP-XXXX-2 and any other entity it is entitled to handle. It is secretive about its identity yet seems pleased when the researchers discover any facts about it independently. This fact was especially useful when complying to the usage of a GPS tracker, put on it by researchers after discovering its teleportation ability⁶; the researchers tested SCP-XXXX-1's body and found that it didn't need to fulfill any human needs and could remain perfectly fine after exiting the atmosphere without a space suit. Subject's behavior is playful, often engaging in games prepared by the staff.

SCP-XXXX-2 is immovable in any way other than SCP-XXXX-1 carrying it personally. Any contact with the entity results in immediate incineration of the objects in the direct vicinity of the entity. The anomalous object will continue to behave in that exact way until in contact with SCP-XXXX-1, at which time it will envelop their form until SCP-XXXX-1 wills it to return to its original state.

Experiments:

Test 1 - ██-██-████

Subject: SCP-XXXX-1
Method: Non-intrusive medical checkup
Result: The results of most interactions are irreparably corrupt, bodily composition unknown, partial corruption of some remaining tests is yet to be recovered; the presence and placement of internal organs (based on a masseur's opinion) is similar to humans.

Subject: SCP-XXXX-2
Method: Indirect chemical reactions
Result: The results of any indirect measurements are irreparably corrupt as if from excessive radiation; chemical reactions and physical interactions halt in direct vicinity of the object, as if from time dilation. Composition unknown. SCP-XXXX-1 spectated and huffed indignantly from time to time during certain experiments. Clarification required.

Test 2 - ██-██-████
Procedure: Test the physical limitations of SCP-XXXX-1.
Method: Compare the entity against humans.
Result: The entity performs at any given physical task as well as most athletic humans, though it does not seem to know some team sports and is unable to perform them before proper introduction. After an introduction it analyzes the instructions, which usually takes a few minutes, in which time it stands still or paces and talks to itself in an unknown language, after which time it is able to execute most tactics required to gain advantage in any given situation, though the extent is limited by the physical abilities of the entity. This ability was tested against several of the best teams in basketball, football, rugby and volleyball; the extents of the ability are unknown. Addendum 1.

Test 3 - ██-██-████
Procedure: Recognize or try to replicate the language of SCP-XXXX-1.
Method: Invite an associated linguist.
Result: The linguist was unable to associate the language with any previously encountered; despite this a rudimetary translation was able to be introduced. The translation will be refined further at another time, as it seems to put a strain on the linguist, who passed out after only a few sentences spoken in the entity's language. The monologue of SCP-XXXX-1, which was asked for by the linguist, suggested the entity may have previously appeared on Earth prior to the Foundation's creation and witnessed some ancient events.

Test 4 - ██-██-████
Procedure: Make SCP-XXXX-1 approach The Gate Guardian. Due to results of SCP-076, without informing the subject.
Method: Seated in a car with a Class-D driver.
Result: Just before approaching the 1km radius of SCP-001 the entity behaved nervously despite not being informed of the location; upon crossing the radius SCP-XXXX-1 teleported back to base instantly (including the vehicle, driver and a fragment of soil underneath, which is the only instance of more than the entity being teleported) and all further tries to repeat were met with defiance. "I'm not going near that rift", said SCP-XXXX-1, making the theorised guarded grove's existance plausible, if truthful.

Addendum:
1. While testing the physical capabilities (especially during volleyball) the entity sometimes teleported instantly between two points using an unknown mechanism, more tests required. Recordings from on-site cameras were found to be largely deteriorated in quality during those moments, but the Foundation managed to recover most of the corrupted data and is analyzing them.

Test Ad1 - ██-██-████
Procedure: Test the teleportation ability of SCP-XXXX-1.
Method: Install a GPS tracker on the entity and track it while giving parameters for the teleportation destination.
Result: Subject refused to comply to given locations, which included bases of the SCP Foundation across the globe. Instead, the subject asked for a camera and, after receiving one, took pictures of the most famous places across the planet, before returning about 15 minutes later. The locations visited were confirmed by checking navigational data from the tracker⁷.

Footnotes

1. of its preferred design, as was its plead after being obliged to wear one

2. The height was later tested to be about 400km, the epicentre of the explosion 30km across; the shockwave affected the terrain, creating a medium-sized crater in the hipocentre and destroying many buildings in the immediate area.

3. The entity has introduced itself as Limbo, and personnel in contact with it refer to it as such.

4. Described by researchers on-site as "an endless void" and later tested to absorb 99.994% of the incoming light, a magnitude more than Vantablack.

5. SCP-XXXX-1 insisted repeatedly that its proper name is 'Hellfire'.

6. It insists the phenomenon isn't teleportation, instead explaining it can, using only its will, bend spacetime around it, temporarily creating a personal wormhole (or a 'rift', as it calls wormholes).

7. Two locations were out of the tracker's range and after checking the photos taken at those locations, the researchers saw a picture of Earth from orbit and a picture of the landscape of Proxima Centauri b (as confirmed by triangulation), respectively. The latter picture was sent by the Foundation anonymously to scientists researching the nearest exoplanets, which led to furthering the knowledge of the composition of said planet.