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CAPTION-GOES-HERE

Item #: SCP-XXXX "Seeing Stars"

Object Class: Safe/Neutralized (indicate which class)

Special Containment Procedures: Currently, SCP-XXXX is believed to be either dead or hibernating indefinitely in deep space near the Milky Way Galaxy, far beyond our current reach. SCP-XXXX-1 is stored in a glass case in Site-XX, where it can be studied non-intrusively by any interested personnel. Due to the possible information stored in SCP-XXXX-1, potentially destructive testing is subject to approval of at least one member of the O5 council.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a crystalline rock formation roughly 50cm in height and 25cm in diameter. The mineral is of an unknown composition that forms into concentric squares similar to bismuth, but grey in color. Humans within 10m of SCP-XXXX are occasionally compelled to find a nearby flat surface and create specific marks on it, using a writing tool, or, if none are available, blunt force with any available tools. Until they find a surface to mark and a tool to mark with, subjects report a feeling of terror, dread, and desperation. After marking the surface, the compulsion is dispelled without any adverse side effects. This compulsion seems to occur once every 4 hours.

SCP-XXXX was retrieved from a meteor impact site in Poland by a group of astronomers after a meteor seemingly "appeared" roughly 500 km above the surface of the Earth and fell to the ground. No known asteroids or celestial anomalies matched the meteor's trajectory. Once its anomalous effects became apparent, the GOC attempted to claim SCP-XXXX with plans to melt it down, but a Foundation operative arrived at the site and noticed that the marks the crystal was compelling the researchers to draw looked almost exactly like the SCP Foundation's insignia. The Foundation was notified, and immediately stepped in. They interviewed the researchers, who had zero prior knowledge of the Foundation's existence, applied amnestics, and took SCP-XXXX into containment.

Dr. Michalski was tasked with researching SCP-XXXX's anomalous nature and effects. Since being taken into containment, SCP-XXXX no longer compelled subjects to create the SCP Foundation insignia, but instead compelled them to create 47 identical marks in specific locations relative to each other, precise to .5nm across repeated compulsions.

SCP-XXXX-1 is a slab of metal roughly 30 cm in length, 20 cm in width, and 10 cm tall. There are several markings in an unknown script on the sides. The top and bottom appear smooth, but are actually covered in extremely small ridges that can only be observed with a powerful microscope. These ridges are about 4 cm deep, and are covered in microscopic markings, none of which can be identified or interpreted so far. It was recovered after the breach incident caused by Dr. Michalski (See Addendum: Breach Incident Report) and is believed to contain an immense amount of technological information that could explain the science behind countless anomalies, if it can be interpreted.

Addendum:

+ Note from the SCP Foundation concerning SCP-XXXX

To whom it may concern in the Global Occult Coalition:

SCP-XXXX, dubbed <GOC name> by your organization, has been taken into containment by the SCP Foundation. This SCP shows no threat to any of your mission statements as long as it is kept away from civilization, thereby, you have no claim to it.

Need I remind you what happened with SCP-1609(crosslink)? There is no need to risk creating an enemy of humanity from a harmless hypnotic stone.

Sincerely,
Dr. ██████ Michalski
SCP Foundation, ██████ Branch.
Secure, Contain, Protect.

+ Journal Entries from Dr Michalski

Date: 07/05/████
SCP-XXXX has to be a sentient anomaly, if not a sapient one. It's response to being contained by the Foundation proves that.

These compulsions to place dots, they have to be a form of communication. I've tried coordinate readings using every single mark as an origin point, but all that turns into is meaningless gibberish. There's no clear algorithm to the placement of the dots, either. It has to mean something… I need a new approach.

Date: 07/08/████
I've found it.

One of my colleagues suggested that I try to connect the dots, like a constellation. I knew that if the dots were meant to be connected, the crystal would tell me to connect them, but the last part of that suggestion was where it hit me.

They're not mathematic points, they're the locations of stars.

Using the location of the dots as a reference, I found exactly one pattern of stars. It's an exact match. Problem is, there's only one place in the world that will have all 47 stars visible in the sky within the next decade, and it's about 20 km away from the GOC's main installation in Madrid.

I have to get there on the night of the 17th with SCP-XXXX, but I'm not sure if I can get approval from both the Foundation and the GOC in time.

Date: 07/16/████
This will probably be my final entry as a member of the SCP Foundation.

The GOC has flat out refused to allow SCP-XXXX to be brought anywhere near the city, due to the risk of civilian exposure.

Even worse, the higher-ups in the Foundation refuse to press the issue. There won't be another opportunity for SCP-XXXX to see all 47 stars for another 12 years, and even then the next location isn't much better.

I'm going to break the rules. Irrevocably. All of my savings are going into this, I know I won't need the money later. I'll be demoted to a D-class for sure because of this, if I even survive.

But SCP-XXXX chose the Foundation. It needs something from us. We can't allow paranoid pencil-pushers like the GOC to keep us from finding out what and why.

+ Breach Incident Report

Incident Date: 07/17/████
Incident Details: A containment breach occurred when Dr. Michalski disabled security footage of SCP-XXXX's containment cell and fled the site with SCP-XXXX stored in a large, padded suitcase. He replaced the security feed with a constant loop of him working with SCP-XXXX, so the breach was not discovered until a coworker went to check on him near the end of the day and found the containment cell empty.

Dr. Michalski proceeded to board a private plane to Madrid, where he purchased a rental car and drove it near the outskirts of the city. An MTF unit was dispatched to track him down and recover SCP-XXXX, but at 21:44 pm CET, a massive burst of multicolored light near Dr. Michalski's estimated location shot straight up into the sky at a rapid speed, startling hundreds of onlookers and putting the nearby GOC installation on high alert. They immediately demanded an explanation from the SCP Foundation on why their explicitly forbidden procedure had been carried out anyway, and threatened aggressive action. At the origin point of the light the MTF unit located the suitcase used to transport SCP-XXXX, as well as a large scorch mark on the ground, but Dr. Michalski was nowhere to be found. A GOC regiment set up several fortifications around the location, threatening MTF forces to back off.

At 2:22 am CET the same night, another meteor teleported near the planet and struck the ground in the exact spot the flash of light had appeared. Dr. Michalski stood up out of the softly crater, and took a step forward, dazed. His eyes were glowing gray, and his movements were somewhat robotic. GOC officers declared him possessed by an alien entity, and GOC snipers took immediate aggressive action. Dr. Michalski was shot twice in the head and twice in the heart, instantly killing him, and the glow faded from his eyes.

MTF forces confirmed the body was, in fact Dr. Michalski, who had returned, but holding SCP-XXXX-1 and a damaged video camera. SCP-XXXX was nowhere to be found.The GOC initially claimed SCP-XXXX-1, but after the video footage from the camera was reviewed, they determined the SCP Foundation would have a better chance of decoding it, and returned it to the MTF unit alongside the video footage. After reviewing the footage themselves, Foundation personnel changed the class for SCP-XXXX from Safe to Neutralized, and took SCP-XXXX-1 into containment.

+ Video transcription of recovered footage from the Breach incident

<WIP>
<The camera display shows an empty parking lot, with sparse lights in the background. The head-mounted FOV camera shows Dr. Michalski's taking SCP-XXXX out of a padded suitcase and holding it up with both hands. He explains that from this angle and this angle alone, every one of the 47 stars from the compulsions SCP-XXXX has been emitting will be visible, for roughly 10 minutes. He counts down, and then nothing happens for a moment. As he begins to question his calculations, a light from within SCP-XXXX begins pulsing, slowly at first, then rapidly, and dots begin to appear on its surface. These dots align themselves in a seemingly random pattern, then the camera goes completely white. This aligns with the multicolored flash reported during the containment breach.

The white flash fades, and Dr. Michalski begins gasping for air. He's in a large room that seems to be made from a similar material to SCP-XXXX, with a large column in the center. Dr. Michalski stumbles to the pillar, still gasping, and sets SCP-XXXX, still pulsing with energy, into the center of the column. Lines of light stretch out from SCP-XXXX along the floors and ceiling, and a faint hissing noise can be heard. Dr. Michalski slumps over, wheezing, and claims he can breathe now.>