The Universal Code

SCP-XXXX out of case

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in its original satchel in a storage locker Area 17 of site 53. Contact with the device is only to be made by D level personnel and Researchers with level 3 Security Clearance.

When in use SCP-XXXX is to be placed in a site observation office and the device and Personnel are to be kept under observation. No interaction with users of the device is to occur until the subject either finishes of their own accord or expires.

If any instances of SCP-XXXX-01 are located by the foundation then these are to be catalogued, debriefed and administered Amnesiacs , from that point they are to be treated as D class personnel linked to the SCP-XXXX project.

Any Instances of SCP-XXXX-02 that are found are to be destroyed immediately to prevent further potential exposure

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Description: SCP-XXXX is a Leather satchel style Case approximately 12 inches in height and 18 inches across containing a Laptop Computer. SCP-XXXX was found in Central London ██/██/████ By foundation personnel on the report of an anomaly manifesting as a Beach had appeared localised in a London flat. When security personnel arrived they found the Previous owner Anita Blakely (Later Identified as an SCP-XXXX-01) working on the laptop on said beach. The anomaly lasted no longer than 24 hours and both SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-01 were collected and returned to site 53 with no issues. An instance of SCP-XXXX-02 was found in the front pocket of the satchel on collection. The case appears to be made of leather of unknown origin ( Current dating or closer examination has not been possible as the case appears resistant to all forms of damage) in an oxblood colour. The laptop which currently appears to be of Brand ████ and model number ████████ is silver and approximately 16 inches from corner to corner. When it was first Brought to the foundations attention it resembled an older model laptop. Namely a ████ ███ model ████████ due to the nature of the machine to "update" its appearance it has been theorized that it may have at one point been a different device entirely. Research is ongoing to this effect . The outside of the device is adorned with stickers from various Software products and internet "Meme" culture. it is running a somewhat unknown Operating system which is self labelled as "Development OS" (SCP-XXXX-1) according to the OS the machine has 1023Tb (Terabytes) of RAM and an unknown hard drive capacity. Any attempt to search the hard drive of the device returns a list of thousands of files some dated as early as ██/██/1892 and some are written using characters of an unknown language, but as of ██/██/20██ we have only been able to access the following:

• A Text document depicting the release of various different "version 1.0" applications with release dates and locations of "Release". Researchers Believe that these may be instances of other anomalies some of which the Foundation has knowledge dates in this list go back to before Records so verification may be impossible but the dates recorded on some "releases" as well as the names correspond to several known scps such as :
  • A release Labelled The "Desert Removal System" dated 1st august 2008 ( Researchers have noted that this could be a reference to SCP-4463 but have not been able to confirm this.)
  • A release dated to June 1876 titled "The Gathering Library" ( Thought to be a reference to SCP-5024)

• A software program titled "The Universal IDE" layout and general user interface of the software conform to general Coding "integrated development environment" applications that many software engineers use although the corresponding code files conform to no known coding language and seem to update by themselves if left for any periods of time. ( This may be due to instances of SCP-XXXX-01 or SCP-XXXX-02 that are in the open but the foundation has yet to confirm this )
• A list of "Credits" containing names of people that have supposedly come into contact with SCP-XXXX or SCP-XXXX-01 and expired. All D class personnel that have been exposed to the device have appeared by name on the list when the instance of SCP-XXXX-02 has appeared (excluding subject D-96548 See experiment 28a for details)

The device Itself contains no port for charging despite its outward appearance of a ████ Laptop and is powered by an power source that has yet to be identified .. Any attempts to disassemble the device have led exposure and eventual death of subject.

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Effects:
Upon coming into contact with SCP-XXXX subjects immediately have the urge to complete basic tasks on the machine ( at least at a surface level) such as looking through the accessible files and exploring the interface. IF the subject is not an instance of SCP-XXXX-01 they usually quickly lose interest in the artefact and wish to leave the testing area to return to other work. It is Theorized that the unit "Connects" to users at this initial stage to verify if the user is suitable.

24 hours after exposure to SCP-XXXX subjects usually are capable of going about other testing duties and pastimes. most subjects do note that a feeling of nausea has come over them at this time and 95% of subjects are unwilling to leave their room.

48 hours after exposure subjects appear have lost approximately 75% of their previous body fat and look emaciated and starved. At this point medical teams can still find nothing physically wrong with the subjects but body fat continues to vanish from the subjects. when the fat percentage reaches 0% subjects begin to lose muscle mass and bone density. As the subject approaches the 72 hours mark after exposure usually they are no longer able to stand or speak but still show no medical reason for the wasting and loss of tissue.

approximately 72 hours after Exposure to SCP-XXXX the subjects vitals cease (There appears to be an anomalous window of approximately 5 minutes around this mark) once the subject has expired a message appears on the screen of SCP-XXXX stating the deceased subjects name and the following message "Thank you for your donation your name has been added to the credit list. a new dev release of the OS is now available for distribution, ████ Builds remain before release ", and SCP-XXXX will fabricate a usb in the front pocket of its satchel containing a single Executable file (SCP-XXXX-02). The amount of builds remaining decreases with each passing subject.

SCP-XXXX-01: These are Selected Users of the Device Those that are able to Use the device with none of the deadly effects that are seen in other users. The only known instances of SCP-XXXX-01 are the Subject of test 28a (D-96548) and the last known owner of the artefact before it became foundation property. SCP-XXXX-01 only seems to be created with a small number of people. Testing has shown that both known instances of SCP-XXXX-01 share a latent genome that links them both to a common ancestry at some point. Test subjects are to be tested for this genome before entering any testing is to take place. Limiting instances of SCP-XXXX-01 is to be maintained to 2 active instances at a time. Subjects with this Genetic make up come away from the device with no adverse effects whatsoever. appearing instead to have gained an understanding of the language that the code is written in as well as how it applies to all things. Interviews with instances of SCP-XXXX-01 also show that they are not able to speak of the main application that the machine is building even if they have taken an active part in adding code. All SCP-XXXX-01 know of the machine is a name for the original creator and the working title of the main build. These two items appear to be the only information that users can get from looking at the code that makes up the artefact the Original users name is █████████ and the working title of the software is labelled "New Dawn 1.0" ( there is speculation on what this can mean but nothing worth noting in official reports)

SCP-XXXX-02: is run then the OS is run in virtual state one whatever machine the Instance is attached to and the subject currently using the machine is exposed to the same instances as SCP-XXXX the only difference is on completion of the task. No new instances of SCP-XXXX-02 are created.

Experimentation Notes:

Due to the unknown Aspect of what application is being built in this machine currently and the countdown to a Prospective Release and given its Possible connections with SCP-4463 and SCP-5024. The foundation has limited all further experiments on SCP-XXXX without clearance and consent from level 2 Foundation personnel.

Further Experiments are to be carried out on instances of SCP-XXXX-01 under controlled conditions to try and gain further understanding of the code and to try and obtain the effects of the "New Day" software that is currently in development

Addendum:

Subject D-96548 Notes And interviews

Overview
Subject D-96548 was exposed to SCP-XXXX but unlike all other subjects has not only survived but has shown no negative effects of the exposure. D-96548 appears to have gained knowledge on what SCP-XXXX is capable of ( See Interview 1), and is currently assisting Researchers with further experiments in exchange for D level incentives.

Interview 1
Interviewer :Dr ████████ Jones
Dr - "So D-96548 how did you find the experiment, labelled ( Interviewer looks over sheets) experiment 28a ? "

D-96548 - "It was enlightening doctor. I learned more there then anything in school."

Dr - "Can you fill me in on what you learned ? Anything you can tell us about the application being built? "

D-96548 - "Oh .. ( subject chuckles to himself) I think only the coders are allowed to know that. but you'll see it all when its released."

Dr - "Do you know when that is? "

D-96548- "Hmmm … well if it carries on as its going I'm sure we should be able to get a public release by ██/██/████, well there should at least be a beta by then."

Dr - "Okay moving on, Do you…"
( Dr is interrupted by Subject )

D-96548- "Why don't you just ask the big one … why did I live and the others well (subject looks uneasy for a moment ) lets say didn't ? "

Dr - "Well… can you tell me why?"

D-96548- "The code takes a certain mind to understand. I didn't know it before but I have the mind for working this machine longer than they did… I think. At least that's what I read in the code when I was writing. Some people have the right mindset to actually create things with it, Others … Well others are more useful to churn out some processing power. I wasn't uploaded as I serve more use as a Coder than a processor for the moment. Ill have a place on the credits eventually I'm sure though. I dont think anyone can get away fully. It leaves a mark."

Dr - "Mark? Are you able to explain more ? What marks do you have ?"

D-96548 - "I can still see the code now. When I worked I understood how it all fits together. Every number every algorithm. Now its all I can see. its in everything! "

After this the subject no longer wanted to discuss SCP-XXXX and wanted to return to his room. Interview Cut Short.

Experiment 27a

Researcher: █████████ Jones,
Subject: D-9536
Notes:
*Subject D-9536 has been placed into the office observation room with SCP-XXXX as soon as the subject was placed in the room she appeared to show an un-natural interest in the machine. Initially this was thought to be due to lack of exposure to outside tech.

• Immediately after exposure to SCP-XXXX the subject became somewhat erratic when questioned on why the panic subject responded with :"Well this release needs to be finished otherwise the application will never release on time!" when questioned about the nature of the application the subject became dismissive with statements such as "I don't have time to explain it. " and "Someone not working on this wouldn't understand! "
• Subject was observed for the next 24 hours by personnel and attached monitoring equipment. Everything appeared to be normal with the subject except D-9536 refused to stop and rest or eat repeating responses heard previously stating she was too busy. Until the exposure began to reach 23 hours. D-9536 suddenly began to lose body mass and function. The heart rate of the subject dropped to less than 10 bpm and over the course of the next hour the subject appeared to lost weight until their body matched the state of a victim of late state starvation. when questioned after this point the subject no longer responds. The subjects mouth can barely open to respond.
• at 71 hours 58 minutes after exposure all functions in D-9536's body have ceased bar the slight movement of the fingers to continue typing.. All attempts at communication have ceased.

*after 72 hours and 15 minutes of typing at SCP-XXXX subject D9536 has dropped to the floor. all brain functions have ceased and work appears to have stopped. Observation equipment has shown a message appearing on the screen stating "Upload Complete Dev build is ready,████ Builds until release of Application." Upon inspection of carry case when SCP-XXXX was removed from room instance of SCP-XXXX-02 has been created in front left pocket of satchel.

Experiment End

Experiment 28a

Researcher: █████████ Jones,
Subject: D-96548
Notes:
*After initial exposure to SCP-XXXX the subject became enamoured with working the machine as the others before had. for the first few hours there was no difference in behaviour or Health than the Previous experiments.

• 3 hours after Exposure Subject began to look away from the screen as he worked. Subject appeared to be looking intently at the surroundings of the office. After approximately 10 minutes of this the subject ceased work and asked Personnel for a Drink. Water was provided to the subject through the standard exchange hatch in the observation room door, after consumption the subject returned to working on SCP-XXXX
• After 12 hours working on SCP-XXXX the subject shows no notable change other than eye colour. subjects once Brown eyes have changed to a start and bright green. Subject ceases work every 2 hours to look around the office paying particular attentions to smaller objects that can be manipulated. Subject now seems fascinated with examining these and must be prompted to continue working by researchers.
• Experiment is ended after 24 hours as subject states that they are "Finished" working and have been let go. when Subject is introduced to Foundation personnel of any kind again, subject shows fascination with the body and extremities stating that he "understands how it works now" subject has been returned to Quarters for further observation

Experiment End