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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures:
All instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are to be contained in a 3m x 3m x 2m room located on Foundation-owned land separated by 1km from any location housing Euclid or Keter SCPs. The room is to contain a 5cm thick 3m x 3m wooden flooring which is able to be removed. The cell of SCP-XXXX is to contain a storage room stocked with 30 replicas of this flooring, which is to be restocked every two days, as well as an observatory room adjacent to it. Outside of testing and maintenance SCP-XXXX-1 instances are to be placed within a circle.
Every 3 hours, each instance of SCP-XXXX-1 are to be taken from their circular formation and the wooden flooring is to be replaced and incinerated. SCP-XXXX-1 are then to be immediately returned to their circular formation on the new wooden flooring. Tests on SCP-XXXX-1 must be approved by at least two level 3 researchers if they do not involve an instance being taken over 10m from other instances of SCP-XXXX-1. Tests involving significant distances between SCP-XXXX-1 instances require the approval of one level 4 personnel. If the test involves the attempted manifestation of SCP-XXXX-2 it also requires approval from one level 4 personnel. Pending information on links between SCP-XXXX-2 and its possible origins and/or destructive potential, all testing involving a manifestation is banned.
Remains of failed SCP-XXXX-2 manifestations are to be secured in a high-level bio-freezer, tests involving the remains of SCP-XXXX-2 are only to be conducted with approval from the current head researcher for SCP-XXXX.
Description:
SCP-XXXX is a set of seven clay idols ranging from 22 to 30 cm in height labelled SCP-XXXX-1-A through SCP-XXXX-1-G. These idols depict humanoid figures in poses mimicking meditation or prayer the designs of which do not resemble any known religious or mythical entity that the foundation is currently aware of. Chemical analysis of SCP-XXXX shows that they are composed entirely of non-anomalous Kaolinite clay.
When all seven idols of SCP-XXXX are placed evenly in a circle the surface that these idols rest on will slowly begin to corrode. The corrosion will slowly affect the general area around each instance of SCP-XXXX but will wear away a line between the two adjacent instance of SCP-XXXX at a significantly faster rate of 25cm an hour regardless of the material used. If these idols are removed during this process the corrosion remains and the material displays no further anomalous properties. If these lines are able to meet up with each other, forming a ring of corroded material, an entity will begin to manifest at the very center of this circle. This entity, designated SCP-XXXX-2, will begin to manifest from the very center point as a random assortment of viscera and will continue to grow in size and complexity until one of the idols is displaced at which point SCP-XXXX-2 will stop manifesting and expire, with the remains decomposing at a rate considered normal for animal meat. See the record of notable manifestations for details on manifestation events.
In addition to the attempted manifestation of SCP-XXXX-2, the primary anomalous property of SCP-XXXX is that when any number of SCP-XXXX-1 instances are displaced from the circle a series of seemingly unrelated events will cause the displaced instances to return to the circle. The severity of the chain of events which cause the return of SCP-XXXX-1 instances appears to directly correlate to how far the instance is taken from SCP-XXXX-1, and the complexity of measures taken to ensure SCP-XXXX-1 instances cannot reform into the circle. Additionally, attempted manifestations of SCP-XXXX-2 appear to increase the time between disruption of the circle and when the chain of events leading to the beginning of another attempted manifestation occurs. Purposefully allowing SCP-XXXX-1 to attempt to manifest SCP-XXXX-2 to ease containment is pending. However, the potential risk posed by SCP-XXXX-2 should it manifest pose a greater threat than the chain of events that lead to SCP-XXXX-1 reforming a circle without being able to attempt a manifestation.
