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SCP-####-A
Item # : SCP-####
Object Class : Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-####-A is to be kept in a secure, hermetically sealed case and is not to be removed without following proper testing protocol. These protocols are as follows: SCP-####-A is not to be worn by any persons who display a tendency towards aggression and violence nor any persons with a documented mental illness that would make them unpredictable in the event of unexpected complications. Any tests involving SCP-####-A should be carried out with a full squadron of guard personnel on hand and equipped for confrontation with armored humanoid targets. Termination is authorized in the event a containment breach may occur. Outside of testing SCP-####-A should be placed under minimum standard observation, with a bi-weekly check for any wear and tear on its surface. Measures should be taken to reduce risk of damaging or destroying SCP-####-A.
By order of Site Director Keven Arai, SCP-####-B is currently in the care of Researcher ██████. Unless otherwise stated, they are to be considered the only person authorized to be in possession of SCP-####-B. Should it be made apparent that Researcher █████ has become incapable of properly handling SCP-####-B, termination is authorized, and SCP-####-B will be subject to the same procedures as its counterpart.
Description: SCP-####-A and SCP-####-B appear to be intricately carved tribal masks each depicting a ram’s head. SCP-####-A appears much more practical in nature, containing less detailed markings and more focused craftsmanship. SCP-####-B is believed to be ceremonial in nature, with intricate markings of what appear to be letters of a unknown language. cryptographers have yet to identify the writing but it is speculated to be several centuries old.
SCP-####-A and SCP-####-B display similar anomalous properties. Both masks when worn will become attached to the face of the wearer and will be irremovable by any means that do not result in the termination of the wearer. When the mask is attached it will begin to alter the wearer’s body rapidly. The changes appear to follow a pattern :
- The wearer begins to have minor convulsions
- Followed by rapid growths of fur across the body
- Minor warping of bones and shifting of internal organs
- Finally major alterations of the skeletal structure, growth of horns, as well as growth of hard sub-dermal bone plates.
When the transformation is complete the mask will become removable again. Changes caused by the mask are permanent and take on the appearance of a hybrid creatures containing features of both a human and a ram, including digitigrade legs, elongated skull, and horns. The mask’s adhesion to the face of the wearer is speculated to be some kind of safety mechanism. The mask seems to facilitate all the changes happening within the body. At any given time between the start and the finish of the transformation the wearer’s body is unstable and lacking the cohesive bodily systems to operate on its own. The mask becomes removable when the body is once again self-sufficient. The entire process lasts roughly anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes.
SCP-####-A appears to have one noticeable difference from SCP-####-B. Subjects wearing SCP-####-A who undergo extreme stress or emotional turmoil will trigger a secondary transformation in which subjects begin sprout bone-like growths from their skin, corresponding with the location of sub-dermal bone plates. Bones that have breached the surface follow no uniform growth, rising up in large hooks, spikes, and flowing protrusions. Skin around the bone protrusions will begin to rapidly undergo necrosis and stages of rot. Subjects in this state will enter a berserk rage, and cannot be reasoned with. When not terminated immediately, subjects will continue to rampage until rot overtakes enough of their body that continued body functions becomes impossible or no longer have a designated target.
Should there be no target for the subject, it will enter a dormant state in which the body remains motionless in a upright position, slowly reverting to its previous form unless provoked. It is uncertain weather SCP-####-B also possess this trait as the only documented individual to undergo transformation via SCP-####-B is Researcher ██████. Current testing provides insufficient evidence to discern weather it is a fluke relating specifically to Researcher ██████, or some other, as of yet unknown mechanic of SCP-####-B.
Acquisition Report 3495: Reports of attacks on civilians by humanoid animals and sightings of horned creatures hiding in the southern forests of Texas, United States. MTF Unit 447 - Spear of Ticonderoga, along with an expert in anthropology, Researcher ██████, were dispatched to observe and if possible make contact with any anomalous entities. Unit 447 located a single settlement, located at roughly the center of the 3 square kilometer area marked out in initial surveying, which was populated by a species of sheep-like humanoids who worshiped what appeared to be a ram god. They appeared to have a well established, tribal, farming community operating with a roughly neolithic understanding of technology.
After months of study and trial, an effort was made to make contact with the tribe. Unit 447 successfully made contact with the tribe in a non-hostile manor and were brought before the chief, who expressed his desire to remain isolated from society. Researcher ██████ negotiated with the chief to establish an exclusion zone around their land. The chief was amicable to the terms laid out by the researcher, however request that the researcher join him in a prayer to his people's god involving the wearing of ceremonial masks. Researcher ██████ agreed with the stipulation that Unit 447 would be able to intervene should anything untoward happen.
During the brief time spent with the chief, Unit 447 responded to screaming and crashes and found Researcher ██████ writhing on the floor of the chief’s tent. Taking it for an act of hostility Unit 447 acted on their own discretion and fired upon the chief, causing the entire village to become hostile. They were unprepared for the villager's unnatural durability and grotesque features and several members of their unit were killed. Following the retrieval of Researcher ██████, Unit 447 initiated Extermination Protocol 18. During the fighting a fire erupted from somewhere in the area and nearly destroyed much of the village. It is unknown who started it.
Site-931 was then established around the remains of the village and “squatter” agents were placed in the adjacent towns to dissuade any continued investigation by any civilian.
Addendum 4-3495-1
Following the unearthing of remnants of a village similar to the village Spear of Ticonderoga encountered, it is highly likely that the cult around this ram god isn’t an isolated event. It would be therefore advantageous to keep SCP-#### around should a similar cult be discovered.
- Dr. Viktor ████████
