SCP-XXXX

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SCP-XXXX

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Author: corviraptor

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LEVEL 3 NOTICE FOR SITE-92 PERSONNEL

This file has been revised significantly, and the Object Class has been reclassified. Level 3 and higher-ranking Site-92 personnel must review the modified procedures (2017-05-14).

— Vela Brandt, Site-92 Research Director

Item #: SCP-XXXX		Object Class: Euclid
Level 3 Clearance		Threat Level: Yellow ●

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is kept in a vacuum-sealed, reinforced chamber with no direct entrances or exits. The interior is to be fitted with wireless video surveillance systems, in order to inspect chamber integrity and monitor emergence events. These video surveillance systems must not be equipped with a variable aperture, shutter, or other mechanical components. Emergence events should be logged in Document XXXX-3LE.

Personnel entering the containment area for inspections or maintenance are allowed and encouraged to carry a personal firearm or other approved weapon for defense and/or self-termination. No personnel are to enter the containment area without explicit Level 4 approval.

To prevent expansion of SCP-XXXX-2-related damage to Site-92, the containment area is to be surrounded by at least seven free-standing doors. The actual entrance has been retrofitted with an experimental Spatial Awareness Monitor designed to automatically lock down the chamber if an SCP-XXXX-2 affects any of the doors.

Should SCP-XXXX-1-B attempt to damage the containment chamber, the Eris Protocol is to be executed immediately. This procedure consists of:

1. Engaging speakers playing sounds in the 65-80 kHz range
2. Bombardment with microwave radiation

Should SCP-XXXX-1-B escape from the containment chamber, Protocol Ymir is to be executed if the Eris Protocol fails. This procedure consists of:

1. All actions within the Eris Protocol
2. High-pressure valves releasing targeted sprays of liquid neon (three 17 L canisters maintaining −245.95 °C at 685 kPa) at SCP-XXXX-1-B. Care should be taken to avoid damaging SCP-XXXX.

A photograph of SCP-XXXX.

Description: This file describes several interrelated anomalous phenomena. The individual components have been given appropriate sub-designations as follows:

• SCP-XXXX is a metallic object that connects local reality to SCP-XXXX-1.
• SCP-XXXX-1 is a pocket dimension that can be entered through SCP-XXXX that contains a ceiling composed of scrap metal referred to as SCP-XXXX-1-A.
• SCP-XXXX-1-B is an extension of biometallic material comprising SCP-XXXX-1 which emerges from the ventral opening of SCP-XXXX, transforming the object into a mobile entity by functioning as a body. This is believed to be used for defensive purposes.
• SCP-XXXX-2 is an effect that manipulates doors, gates, and similar openings and transforms them into temporary SCP-XXXX-1 entry points.

These are described in further detail below.

[+] SCP-XXXX

SCP-XXXX is a metallic sculpture that serves as a connection point between local reality and SCP-XXXX-1. Chemical analysis indicates SCP-XXXX is primarily composed of a silver-platinum alloy, with trace amounts of beryllium and D-glucosamine (C₆H₁₃NO₅) also present on its surface.

The object was discovered after a Foundation webcrawler flagged a listing on the auctioning website eBay for a "Silver Optical Illusion Sculpture". The seller, █████ ███████, was tracked and interrogated. The seller claimed that they found the object in an abandoned workshop in █████████, India. No anomalous objects were found in the workshop; however, several components of utilities and appliances were missing.

[+] SCP-XXXX-1 and SCP-XXXX-1-A

A sample recovered from SCP-XXXX-1-A.

SCP-XXXX-1 is a Class-B "anchored" pocket dimension, intersecting with the local universe at a single point. Three cavities in SCP-XXXX serve as entrances to SCP-XXXX-1. Inspection via a rod-mounted camera reveals that the entry points are part of a perspectival-ceiling¹ composed almost entirely of scrap metal, referred to as SCP-XXXX-1-A. Common scrap metal objects recovered from SCP-XXXX-1-A include hex keys, hammer heads, corrugated metal sheets, bolts, and chains. On 4 separate occasions, misshapen pieces of parabolic antennae have been recovered from SCP-XXXX-1-A, at anomalously high temperatures ranging up to 80°C. SCP-XXXX-1-A expands and contracts regularly, approximately once every 2.3 minutes.

Although lacking a clear source, ambient light is present throughout SCP-XXXX-1, at a constant illumination rate of 6.01 lx. The air composition in SCP-XXXX-1 contains 200% more ground-level ozone than our local dimension. In all other respects, it is identical. The air temperature within SCP-XXXX-1 is a constant 32.3°C.

[+] SCP-XXXX-1-B and SCP-XXXX-2

A photograph of a developed form of SCP-XXXX-1-B, six (6) hours after emergence. Poor image quality is attributed to SCP-XXXX-2 affecting the aperture stop of the camera, overexposing the original photograph. Exposure lowered digitally.

When in the presence of animals, including humans, SCP-XXXX will extend a mass of flesh (hereafter referred to as SCP-XXXX-1-B) out of its underside. This behavior began on 2017-05-12 (See Incident XXXX-Jacobs). SCP-XXXX-1-B will then attempt to abduct the targeted animal with pseudopods, or with more developed features depending on how long SCP-XXXX-1-B is active. If successful, it will travel through a nearby door or another variant of mechanically sealable opening through the use of SCP-XXXX-2, allowing it to enter SCP-XXXX-1 through the opening. The opening cannot be locked to prevent this from occurring, as SCP-XXXX-2 will unlock the opening in the presence of SCP-XXXX-1-B. However, openings can be barricaded to prevent them from opening, as long as the barricade does not function as a permanent mechanical lock.

Once SCP-XXXX-1-B has taken itself and its abductee into SCP-XXXX-1, SCP-XXXX-2 will close and lock the opening, even if no lock was present in the non-anomalous opening. No manner of unlocking via appropriate keys, codes, or physical damage to the lock has been successful in unlocking SCP-XXXX-2 affected openings. The mechanism by which SCP-XXXX-2 functions is unknown due to the difficulty of designing experiments to test it.

Several days after a successful abduction, the abductee may be released out of SCP-XXXX-2 along with SCP-XXXX. If the abductee begins to move or another sentient animal enters the area, SCP-XXXX-1-B may emerge and attempt another abduction. SCP-XXXX-1-B appears to seek reactions from its abductees and is reported to torture them for as long as they continue reacting. Because of this, testing with D-Class personnel or non-human animals is prohibited to prevent SCP-XXXX-1-B from learning more effective methods of generating these reactions.

[+] SCP-XXXX-2's Anomalistics

Several researchers at Site-92 hypothesize that SCP-XXXX-2 may be a sophisticated manipulation of the energy gradient between our local dimension, which is believed to be the lower-energy region, and SCP-XXXX-1, which is believed to be the higher-energy region. This energy gradient may be what is used by SCP-XXXX to open even extremely sophisticated locks; however the required intelligence to do so remains unexplained.

During a test involving a lock that included several anomalous components, SCP-XXXX-2 appeared to be unable to open the lock. During this event, SCP-XXXX-1-B appeared oblivious to SCP-XXXX-2 attempts, indicating that they may consist of separate intelligences. After five and a half (5.5) hours of attempts, SCP-XXXX-2 tore one of the anomalous components in the lock into seven (7) different pieces. As the door could no longer be mechanically sealed, SCP-XXXX-1-B lost interest and searched for a different opening to utilize.

SCP-XXXX-2 also appears to affect openings unable to be utilized, as long it has no utilizable opening available to it. This behavior has not been explained. SCP-XXXX-2 was first observed doing this by affecting the aperture stops of the surveillance cameras installed in SCP-XXXX's first post-emergence containment chamber. Subsequent chambers utilize digital video cameras with no mechanical parts in place to prevent this from happening.

[+] SCP-XXXX-1-B's Biology

SCP-XXXX-1-B has displayed a dislike for sounds in the 65-80 kHz range, and can also be temporarily "blinded" by bombarding it with microwave radiation. These actions have been designated the Eris Protocol, and are to be used only if SCP-XXXX-1-B attempts to breach containment, as they may harm personnel.

Comparative analysis of the FOX12 gene of one of SCP-XXXX-2's samples. Viewed using a modified version of the UCSC Genome Browser. Other samples tested gave wildly different results.

Genetic analysis of cellular matter from SCP-XXXX-1-B remains inconclusive. Genetic makeup varies dramatically across samples, indicating that SCP-XXXX-1-B may be an extreme example of chimerism. SCP-XXXX-1-B may be a chimera of anywhere from three (3) to sixteen (16) independent species of animal, however none have been conclusively identified. Most of the samples are cancerous and mutate rapidly, obscuring the original genetic makeup. The two most common matches for genera are Corvus (Crows, ravens, jackdaws, and rooks) and Homo (Humans). SCP-XXXX-1-B's phylogeny is uncertain past the genus level due to the genetic noise produced by chimerism and rapid mutation. Because of this, every species comparison so far has been statistically insignificant by the current Foundation standard threshold of significance for genomic testing (α=5×10⁻⁸)².

During emergence events, it has been observed that the vocalizations produced by SCP-XXXX-1-B have changed. Frequency analysis displays that the average fundamental frequency of its vocalizations has settled at 165.35 Hz (E₃), while its first recorded vocalizations typically produced a fundamental at around 292.31 Hz (D₄). Additionally, higher formants have emerged that resemble those produced by human vowel sounds, especially back and near-back vowels like ⟨ɣ⟩, ⟨ʌ⟩, and ⟨ɑ⟩, as well as sounds consistent with consonants, especially dorsal stop consonants like [k], [ɢ], and [q]. The reason why SCP-XXXX-1-B's vocalizations appear to be attempting to mimic human vocalizations is uncertain, as the chambers that have contained SCP-XXXX since Incedent XXXX-Jacobs are acoustically sealed to prevent harm to personnel from the use of the Eris protocol.

[+] Attached File: Interview Log XXXX-Jacobs

Foreword: On 2017-12-05, Researcher Nora Jacobs accidentally injured herself while performing routine testing on SCP-XXXX as a substitute for Researcher ███████, who was ill at the time. After approximately one minute, SCP-XXXX-1-B emerged and abducted her into SCP-XXXX-1 via the door connecting laboratory blocks. This was the first recorded manifestation of both SCP-XXXX-1-B and -2.

Attempts to recover Researcher Jacobs were unsuccessful, and she was declared deceased. However, after sixteen days, site security responded to a breach in the A-block containment wing, and discovered Jacobs unconscious alongside an emergency fire axe, several dismembered animal parts presumably belonging to SCP-XXXX-1-B, and a locked storage container she had forced SCP-XXXX into. She was transported to the medical bay and, upon regaining consciousness, requested to speak with a senior staff member. Dr. Alexis Achilles volunteered to conduct the interview.

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<Begin Log, 11:43 UTC>

Dr. Achilles: Hello Researcher Jacobs.

Jacobs: Hey.

Dr. Achilles: Jacobs, can you describe what took place inside of the anomaly?

Silence.

Dr. Achilles: Jacobs, if you aren't comfortable talking about the experiences we can schedule this int-

Jacobs: No, I'm fine. I'm fine. I… I…

Jacobs hesitates for several seconds.

Dr. Achilles: Let's start from after the door closed.

Jacobs: Alright. The door closed. The door… closed. I thought something along the lines of "Oh no, I'm going to be one of those people who ends up trapped in a pocket dimension for an eternity", you know?

Jacobs gives a slight nervous chuckle.

Jacobs: Then I saw it. It was staring at me. It has no fucking eyes but I know it was staring at me.

Jacobs begins to slink down in her chair, before attempting to regain composure.

Dr. Achilles: How were you aware that it was staring at you, Jacobs?

Jacobs: It was clearly observing me. Looked at me exactly like those fucked up crows I used to study here. Its body didn't look like it did on the video³… it-it was more like an appendage from the ground than a full creature. Like… out of nowhere, though, this thing takes some metal from the ground and… it beats the shit out of my toe.

Jacobs stutters for several seconds.

Jacobs: I screamed like hell. Eventually, it beat my toe so hard that it tore off. It looked at my toe for a solid minute while I was screaming in agony… And you know what that fucker did?

Silence ensues while Jacobs' hand starts to visibly tremble. Jacobs places her other hand over it to stop the trembling.

Dr. Achilles: What did it do, Jacobs?

Jacobs: It just slapped some of its own flesh on my toe and glues it back on.

Dr. Achilles readjusts their posture, then continues.

Dr. Achilles: Is the toe still functional?

Jacobs: Yes. I have no idea how.

Jacob's lower lip begins to quiver as the two sit in silence for several seconds.

Jacobs: Anyways, uh, the creature decides to get creative, and instead of tearing off toes, it starts tearing off limbs. Oh, and it got really fucking creative with it.

Jacobs hesitantly pulls up her sleeve to reveal several scars across her arm, "welded" shut by pale flesh, presumably marking locations where amputations were performed by SCP-XXXX-1-B.

Jacobs: And every time it f-fucked up my body, I screamed like hell. And it'd put me back together. Over and over. I tried taking some amnestics I had on me, because maybe it'd like, help the trauma? I don't remember the logic behind it. I just took them.

Jacobs places her elbows on the table and rests her head on her hands.

Jacobs: They didn't work. As it kept on tearing me apart, I started to realize I was in for a fucking eternity of being a lego set for some stupid f-flesh creature. It wasn't malicious, or sadistic, or- or any other form of evil. It was just curious. Curious to see what I would do. A lot like the crows I used to study, but… You know.

Dr. Achilles: So why, then, do you think it only tried to cause pain?

Jacobs: I'm assuming that pain is the only way it actually knew how to get a reaction out of me.

Jacobs pauses to think.

Jacobs: It… it must have seen me stub the hell out of my toe, and thought that the reaction I had to toe trauma was interesting.

Dr. Achilles: So how did you escape?

Jacobs: I… stopped reacting to it. Sure, before you have a creature tear you into a harmonic series of amputations it… might seem pretty hard to not react to that, but once it's happened to you for the hundredth time it's honestly not that hard. It tried to make me react for hours, I think, and then it stopped. It stared for a while, waiting for something to happen… I swear it looked like it was pouting.

Jacobs pauses, apparently spacing out for several seconds before continuing.

Jacobs: It must have gotten bored, and it took me out of the door back home, I guess to look for another toy to play with. That's when I ran. It was… terrifying. It moved a lot faster than I thought it would. I ran really fucking fast, man. I think I vomited. I don't remember. I managed to get the mask in the locker and chop off the rest, and that's… the end of that. I just… I…

Jacobs pauses for several seconds. Her whole body starts to tremble, then she continues speaking.

Jacobs: Allie… just shoot me up with some amnestics and let me forget this experience. I just want to get back to work. I…

Jacobs' eyes begin to water.

Jacobs: I always try to hide shit like this, man. I don't like to show this kind of thing, you know? F-fuck. This is on video too. This is fucking embarrassing.

Dr. Achilles: No it isn't, Nora. You're handling this far better than I've seen anyone else in a similar situation. It's a miracle that you are even talking.

Jacobs: I just… Allie. I'm sorry. I want to be sent home. I'm done with this shit. I don't want to remember this.

Jacobs begins to cry.

Jacobs: I don't know if I can keep this up, Allie. Pump me with the eel shit and send me home. Please.

Dr. Achilles begins to physically comfort Jacobs and ends the interview.

<End Log>

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Closing Statement:
Testing on SCP-XXXX-1-B should not be conducted with any animals or depictions thereof as of now, given the account by Researcher Jacobs. However, exposure to non-threatening media like children's television may reduce the threat level of SCP-XXXX due to its inherent curiosity.

Containment Update (Compiled up to 2019-01-01):
Jacobs was later found to be immune to amnestics, which may have been caused by her attempting to use amnestics she had on hand while abducted by SCP-XXXX-1-B in a desperate attempt to ease her trauma. Given this, SCP-XXXX-1-B most likely has extensive control & awareness of body chemistry and biology. Jacobs has experienced faster-than-average recovery, but continues to be afflicted with severe psychological trauma. Due to her inability to be amnesticized via █-███ based substances, thus being unable to be re-integrated into the general population, Jacobs continues to work under the Foundation at Site-92, and is being administered treatment by Dr. Achilles.

As of 2019-01-01, SCP-XXXX-1-B has emerged one hundred fifty-seven (157) times and has attempted to breach containment (subsequently triggering the Eris Protocol) one hundred twenty-eight (128) times since Incident XXXX-Jacobs. The Ymir Protocol has been executed four (4) times, all occuring after 2018-09-30. The leading hypothesis explaining this rise in activity and severity of containment breach attempts states that SCP-XXXX experiences boredom, and that it is actively seeking out stimulation. SCP-XXXX-1-B's apparent increase in persistence indicates that the Eris Protocol is becoming less effective.

Further testing of the immunizing ability of SCP-XXXX-1-B is forbidden as of 2018-11-15. The request for testing exposure to children's television and other media by Dr. Achilles was denied.

Footnotes and References

1. Referring to the fact that, while the entry points lead "down" from a local perspective, this measurement may be inaccurate within its native reality. See "Appending Arbitrary Units to Cross-Dimensional Topologies: A Comparative Analysis of Spatial Anomalies," A. Forth & T. Bailey, Foundation, vol 19 pp 12-23, 2015-08-17.

2. The exact methodology used is detailed in "Comparisons of SCP-XXXX-1-B's genome(s) to the Foundation's genomic database" K. Nguyễn et. al. Foundation, vol 432 pp 501–506, 2018-09-23.

3. The video Jacobs mentioned was security camera footage of the first emergence event recorded, which involved her abduction.