Communist_Spider's "Sentient cheese"

Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object class: Safe Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a locked copper-lined steel containment unit at all times, except for approved testing. The containment unit must be a perfect cube, 6 x 6 x 6 meters, and any damage to the containment unit must be immediately reported.

At no point is physical contact to be made with SCP-XXXX, except for approved testing procedures. Any personnel that have been in contact with, or within 3 meters of SCP-XXXX at any time must submit to psychological evaluation, and monitored for up to 3 weeks. All personnel working with SCP-XXXX must be psychologically evaluated once per week. Failure to submit to testing in any case will result in severe discipline. Personnel that notice significant differences in the behavior of peers working with SCP-XXXX are required to report these changes to their superiors.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an amorphous piece of Swiss cheese with no constant volume. SCP-XXXX is most often a sphere 20 cm in diameter, but has been seen to take multiple shapes, including that of:

  • A rectangular pyramid, 20 cm tall with a base 10 cm x 10 cm. Somehow, in this shape, SCP-XXXX's abilities increased in strength, resulting in [REDACTED] and a site-wide containment breach during which SCP-███ and SCP-████ caused large amounts of damage to foundation property. ███ personnel were killed in the breach, and MTF Omega-7 "Pandora's Box" had to be called in to recontain the rampaging anomalies. Following the event ██ had to be terminated to prevent information leaks. It was requested that SCP-XXXX be re-classified as Keter, but as it caused no other havoc itself during the breach it remains Safe. As of 10/5/██, SCP-XXXX is classified as Euclid. SCP-XXXX has not taken this shape again since the incident.
  • An unknown large breed of domestic dog.1 In this form, SCP-XXXX was seen to run around its containment unit, then audibly "bark" at the door for approximately 2 minutes before returning to its standard form.
  • A perfect scale model of an F/A-18 "Super Hornet" fighter jet. In this form, SCP-XXXX is capable of flight by unknown means. On the 2 occasions it took this form, SCP-XXXX "launched missiles" at the door of its containment unit for approximately 4 minutes before returning to its standard form. No damage was reported to the containment unit.
  • [DATA EXPUNGED], resulting in the loss of 15 personnel. Requested re-classification to Euclid accepted.
  • An apparently moldy peach. This is the only time SCP-XXXX has been known to change color or form a shape without holes. Following this change, all staff working at site-██ have displayed unwillingness to eat peaches, nectarines, and plums and will avoid doing so whenever possible.

It is currently unknown how SCP-XXXX is able to take the forms of the dog and jet, but testing suggests that anything within its area of affect when not contained is added to its "memory," allowing it to become said object(s). Other than for transport, why SCP-XXXX would need to transform in the wild is unknown.

SCP-XXXX produces a psychological effect on any humans within a 0.5 kilometer radius. Anyone who is in this zone will begin to develop a belief that they "require cheese for survival". At this point, they will be known as SCP-XXXX-1. Within 2 hours of exposure to SCP-XXXX's effect, SCP-XXXX-1 will start to seek out and consume any nearby cheese products, often eventually consuming SCP-XXXX. Approximately 5 minutes after SCP-XXXX is consumed, SCP-XXXX-1 will begin to transform into more of SCP-XXXX, and the cycle will continue. Tests have shown that whenever SCP-XXXX is contained in a cube, or a large amount of copper is present in its environment, SCP-XXXX's ability will become almost entirely nonexistent. Exceptions include when SCP-XXXX is in "pyramid" form and [DATA EXPUNGED]

When any human comes into physical contact with SCP-XXXX, the item is capable of telepathically communicating with the subject for as long as it is touched. Testing reveals that most often, SCP-XXXX expresses a desire to [REDACTED] to those it is communicating with. Subjects not allowed to consume SCP-XXXX within approximately 1 hour after initiating physical contact will begin to exhibit extreme paranoia and unexplained fear for up to 2 days, then randomly convulse and expire. However, for unknown reasons , ingesting any noticeable amount of copper within 4 hours of physical contact will negate these effects. When this is done, despite the amount of copper ingested, no symptoms of copper poisoning will appear. Testing on subjects that have used this method reveals that the nonexistence of said symptoms only occurs if it is ingested within 4 hours of physical contact with SCP-XXXX, and copper poisoning can still effect subjects during other time periods.

Addendum XXXX-1
I don't know who the hell decided to submit SCP-XXXX as a potential termination method for SCP-682, but I WILL find you. If someone took this seriously, we could possibly have 2 682s on our hands. - Dr. █████
Addendum XXXX-2
Due to an increase in SCP-XXXX's vocabulary during "conversation testing," it is believed that:

  • SCP-XXXX is capable of learning and becoming more intelligent
  • SCP-XXXX is capable of listening to conversations outside of its containment unit through unknown means
  • SCP-XXXX could potentially learn information about the Foundation, and then release it during "conversation"

Because of this, during testing involving conversation with SCP-XXXX, only D-Class personnel may speak with SCP-XXXX. Following conversation, the subject must repeat everything it has been told to a Foundation member with a clearance level of 4 or higher, and then must be immediately terminated.