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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a reinforced steel strongbox, in a 10x10 metre containment cell at exactly sea level. Any deviance in altitude can result in containment breach, and as such SCP-XXXX should not be moved from its containment site unless absolutely necessary. If movement should become necessary, SCP-XXXX should be transferred to its new location by automated means.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a piece of lined office paper, upon which is written a long passage in Cyrillic Russian. Any attempt to translate this passage into any language other than Russian has proven impossible, potentially as a result of some sort of mnemonic effect held by the paper itself. Any attempt to record this passage on anything other than copying it down onto SCP-XXXX has proven impossible as well. As such, tests performed on SCP-XXXX are to be performed only at Containment Site 37.

SCP-XXXX's anomalous effects are twofold. Should SCP-XXXX deviate in altitude from precisely sea level, any individuals within a seven-metre radius will report the sound of music, of church organs and choirs singing a hymnal. This effect lasts for fifteen minutes exactly, at which, point the hymnal ends and is followed by what affected individuals and subjects describe as 'deafening silence'. This leads to affected individuals attempting to produce their own music to fill said silence, singing and drumming with their feet and hands, imitating the hymnal they no longer hear.

This affect continues for three to seven days, depending on the affected individuals religion of choice, with Atheists and Agnostics carrying on for the shortest time and Orthodox Christians the longest. After the alotted time, the affected individual will fall silent, and display signs of depression. They will not eat, suffer from insomnia, and will suffer from nervous breakdowns frequently. They will often hum to themselves softly, imitating the hymnal. This depression will last, once again, for three to seven days, dependent upon the same variables as the prior period. After this period is up, however, the subjects depression will grow worse and they will begin to attempt self-mutilation by rupturing their own eardrums.

If successful, the affected subject will become far more calm and docile, unanimously reporting that they can hear the music again. However, the subject will refuse food and water, remaining in a single place affixed upon the song in their head, until they die of dehydration, malnutrition, or sleep depravation. Tests involving two Class D personnel being kept on nutrient drips and other such preservative measures are ongoing to study longterm effects of SCP-XXXX.

Addendum:

+ Initial Recovery Log: SCP-XXXX

[SCP-XXXX was recovered from ████████, Russia, after a local urban legend about an abandoned cathedral haunted by ghostly music was posted to the internet and was pinged by Foundation webcrawlers. Research into closed and incomplete Soviet historical records revealed that the cathedra been closed after a rash of bizarre deaths had nearly destroyed the town in the nineteen-sixties, all of which involved citizens under investigation for illegal religious activity had died of thirst in their own homes.

A recovery team was deployed immediately, and after searching the cathedral located SCP-XXXX in the drawer of a desk in an office likely belonging to the cathedral's bishop. Due to a lack of knowledge of SCP-XXXX's effects, every member of the recovery team died, as did dozens of D-Class personnel used to transport and store SCP-XXXX until it was discovered that being placed at sea level neutralizes its anomalous effects.]