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Item #: SCP-XXXX

SCP-XXXX, Taken prior to containment

Object Class: Safe Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be stored in a secure standard containment box. Only on-site scientists and administrators should have access to SCP-XXXX’s containment key. Any additional instances of SCP-XXXX discovered by the Foundation should be contained separately, but in a similar manner.

CONTAINMENT UPDATE
No personnel should be stationed within a 2m radius of SCP-XXXX for longer than one hour.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a brown stone with dimensions of 60mm x 40mm x 30mm and weighing 187g. Given its likeness to river rocks, it appears the specimen has been shaped and smoothed over by water erosion. For all appearances, SCP-XXXX is seemingly indistinguishable from any other rock or sediment found on a river bed.

Effects of SCP-XXXX do not initially present themselves when D-class personnel enter its vicinity. SCP-XXXX's memetic properties will take full effect after six hours of exposure to those within a 1m radius of its vicinity. SCP-XXXX will plant false memories of the subject discovering it as a child, usually from ages 9-12. While subjects' "memories" of discovering the specimen may vary in detail, all will include the following:

• Subjects will consistently refer to SCP-XXXX as "the gift" throughout their recollections.
• Subjects' memories will begin in a forest.
• Subjects will discover a spring within in the forest.
• A small pile of rocks similar to size and shape of SCP-XXXX are said to be in the center of the spring.
• Subjects will claim they retrieved one rock from the pile and returned to their residence.
• Subjects will claim they kept the “gift” and even brought it to the facility to “share” with personnel.

Addendum XXXX.A Interview Logs

+ D-3884 Log 1.1

Post-Exposure Test Interview
Interviewee: D-3884
Interviewer: Dr. Amanda Clark
D-class personnel was contained within a standard interview room with SCP-XXXX for one hour and promptly interviewed.

[BEGIN LOG]

Dr. Clark: Thank you for participating in the test this afternoon, D-3884. I'd like to ask you a few questions about the test if you don't mind.

D-3884: Shoot, but don't expect much.

Dr. Clark: Let's begin. Describe in your own words what SCP-XXXX is?

D-3884: Well, it's a rock. Nothin special about it. Not sure why you guys want anything to do with it.

Dr. Clark: Anything that might make it stand out from others you've encountered?

D-3884: Kinda weird question, but no. Nothing makes it stand out in particular. Seems like the kinda rock you'd find in a creek or somethin.

Dr. Clark: I see. Describe your initial thoughts upon exposure to SCP-XXXX.

D-3884: Uhh… not much. Seemed pretty bland to me. Confused more than anything else.

Dr. Clark: You felt no immediate response to SCP-XXXX?

D-3884: Nope.

Dr. Clark: What kind of emotions did you experience during the test?

D-3884: Boredom? Honestly, this thing didn't make much of an impression on me.

Dr. Clark: Do you feel any different having been exposed to SCP-XXXX?

D-3884 No, not really… Except…

Dr. Clark: Except what?

D-3884: Well… It's just… Have I done this test before?

Dr. Clark: Why do you ask that?

D-3884: I don't know… I feel like I've seen that rock before. Just don't know where.

Dr. Clark: No, you have not been exposed to SCP-XXXX prior to this test. Can you think of where or when you saw SCP-XXXX?

D-3884: No… It's just a feeling. Nothing concrete.

Dr. Clark: I see. Thank you, D-3884.

[END LOG]

D-3884 was returned to his cell. Further evaluation of SCP-XXXX's memetic effects are needed as well as appropriate adjustments to test procedure.

+ D-3884 Log 1.6

Post-Exposure Test Interview
Interviewee: D-3884
Interviewer: Dr. Amanda Clark
After deliberation with qualified Foundation faculty, D-3884's exposure to SCP-XXXX was increased to six hours and was promptly interviewed.

[BEGIN LOG]

D-3884 is noticeably uncomfortable and anxious upon starting the interview.

Dr. Clark: Thank you for participating with additional experimentation, D-3884. Once again, I'd like to ask you a few questions about your experience.

D-3884: Alright.

Dr. Clark: Describe in your own words what SCP-XXXX is.

D-3884: It's nothing special… I mean it's special to m- or, at least… it WAS special to me. At one point. But it would be VERY special to someone else. I'm sure of it. Just not me.

Dr. Clark: What makes it so special?

D-3884: Because it was given to me! It was a gift. From a long time ago. I was so young, maybe 10? Doesn't matter. But it was very special.

Dr. Clark: So it was given to you? By who?

D-3884: Well, at first, I found it, but then they gave it to me. Told me I should share it with other people.

Dr. Clark: Who gave you SCP-XXXX?

D-3884: Who? Not sure. But someone important. I need to find them. I need to go back.

Dr. Clark: Go back where?

D-3884: Back. To where I found it. My parent's house. In Kentucky.

Dr. Clark: So you found it in your childhood home?

D-3884: Not IN the house. In the woods nearby.

Dr. Clark: How did you come across SCP-XXXX?

D-3884: My dad would take me fishin on Saturdays. That was when he had time, anyway. Before the mines reopened… Once that happened, he worked most weekends. Didn't go fishin anymore…

Dr. Clark: Please answer the question D-3884

D-3884: We tried to go fishin one day he was free. But the pond had been sludged up. Runoff from the mine killed all the fish and-

Dr. Clark: D-3884, concentrate on the question.

D-3884: Wha? Oh. Sorry. Well, my mom wasn't around back then and I didn't have many friend. Used to roam around the woods on those weekends. Try to find something to do. Would make shitty bows and arrows out of sticks. Try to hunt squirrels…

Dr. Clark: And you encountered SCP-XXXX in the area?

D-3884: Found this creek I'd never really seen before. Started to follow it, it was an early Saturday so I had time to kill. Creek took me to this spring. Water was clear as glass. It was beautiful. Clean. Warm even. In the middle of Kentucky hill country… who'd a thought?… Saw a big pile of rocks in the middle. That's where I found it.

Dr. Clark: I see. What happened next?

D-3884: I got this feeling. A kinda tingling. Like I wasn't supposed to be there. Like I was trespassin or somethin. Then I heard this… voice? Wasn't sure if it spoke at all, but I heard it… in my head. Told me things.

Dr. Clark: What did it tell you?

D-3884: It said, "Share my gift with them".

Dr. Clark: And SCP-XXXX was that gift?

D-3884: Yea… Not sure how I knew that. But I knew it. Ya know? I waded into the center of the spring and took the gift. Only took one. Didn't want to be greedy.

Dr. Clark: Who spoke to you?

D-3884: I don't know. Didn't see anyone. Just the water… it was so beautiful.

Dr. Clark: Did it tell you anything else?

D-3884: Yea. One last thing. I had my gift and was about to leave. And it spoke again. "Then come bathe in my water".

Dr. Clark: What did it mean by that?

D-3884: Not sure. But I need to go back. Find out.

Dr. Clark: You mentioned that before. Why do you need to go back?

D-3884: I- I- I don't know. I just need to go back. I need to see it again. Will you let me go?

Dr. Clark: That is to be determined.

D-3884: Please… you can have my gift. I was supposed to share it with you. Just let me go. Just let me go. Jus-

Dr. Clark: That's enough, D-3884. This interview is concluded. You will be returned to your cell.

D-3884 is ushered out of the interview room. He can be heard whispering, "Just let me go" as he is escorted down the hall.

[END LOG]

Addendum XXXX.B Excursion Logs

+ Excursion 1.0

Subject: Transmission logs from Excursion 1.0. D-3884 was escorted to his childhood residence in Kentucky, now abandoned. The purpose of this excursion was to lead the Foundation to the entity described by many D-class personnel after encountering SCP-XXXX.
Foundation Lead Scientist: Dr. Amanda Clark
Foundation Security Escort: MTF Alpha-20
D-Class Personnel: D-3884

[BEGIN TRANSMISSION]

+ Excursion 1.1

+ Excursion 2.0

Subject: Interview During Exposure to SCP-XXXX
Procedure: D-3884 was exposed to SCP-XXXX for a total of 6 hours