Desiderium

Item#: XXXX

Level2

Containment Class:

safe

Secondary Class:

none

Disruption Class:

keneq

Risk Class:

danger

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SCP-XXXX in its inactive state.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a standard Foundation containment safe, at Site-76, equipped with an electronic lock. Only personnel of clearance level 4 or higher is allowed access to the safe's code. No writing tool is allowed within ten(10) meters of SCP-XXXX. All tests must be over-viewed by a medical team as to increase the testing subject's chances of survival. Testing of SCP-XXXX is currently suspended by order of site command.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a hardcover book, measuring 30 cm x 27 cm, containing 360 blank pages when inactive. It contains no writing or any discerning characteristics on its cover or pages, with the exception of the phrase "This diary belongs to" printed on the center of the first page. When any subject's name is written on this page SCP=XXXX fills itself with extensive info regarding the subject's medical record, including but not limtied to: bruises, broken bones, contusions, concussions, infections, missing limbs and tumors.

The text was found to be written on the subject's own language and handwriting, using a formal impartial tone, and reveals several details about their location and actions around the time they were wounded. Through preliminary exams it was determined that the ink used as text is composed of the writer's blood. Thus that person usually experiences blood-loss related weakness after writing their name.

Any person reading a passage of the text or hearing an auditory version of it suffers from an ailment identical to the one described. If the name is erased or if no one interacts with it for one(1) hour, SCP-XXXX returns to its inactive state. See Addendum A for more info on the item's properties and testing.

Addendum A:

Test XXXX-1

Test XXXX-1 - 01/10/2019

Subjects: D-1123; D-5813; D-2134; D-5589; D-1440.

Procedure: Subjects were asked to write their own names on SCP-XXXX's first page, each one using a different writing tool, and then check for writing. They were all emphatically ordered to not read anything, only check for the appearance of words.

Results: Pens, pencils, crayons, pieces of coal and even ketchup seem to activate the anomalous effect. Subject D-1440 failed to follow orders and suffered a concussion. She had to be carried out of the testing chamber by the medical team.

Analysis: SCP-XXXX can't seemingly discern between different substances. Any writing tool might be used to trigger its effects. Following the advice of Dr. ██████, from the medical team, we must wait one week until all testing subjects have recovered before following on with testing.

Test XXXX-2

Test XXXX-2 - 08/10/2019

As to avoid any accidents all subjects were equipped with special googles, developed by junior researcher Dr. █████, capable of blurring their vision just enough to make reading impossible. The subjects were instructed to only put them on right before checking for writing.

Subjects: D-1123; D-5813; D-2134; D-5589.

Procedure: First D-1123 and D-5813 were assigned special nicknames by the project manager ("balloon" and "buffoon"), entered the testing chamber together and were asked to write each other's nicknames on SCP-XXXX. Next D-2134 and D-5589 entered the testing chamber and were asked to draw each other on SCP-XXXX.

Results: All instances triggered SCP-XXXX's effect.

Analysis: The item doesn't seem to differentiate between real and fake names, which suggests it might form some sort of psychic link with the person writing on it. Dr. █████ suggests that, if we find a way of canceling or diminishing SCP-XXXX's secondary effect it might become a useful tool of vigilance for the Foundation.

Test XXXX-3

Test XXXX-3 - 15/10/2019

Subjects: D-1123

Procedure: Subject was instructed to write his own name on SCP-XXXX and then take a picture of one of the pages with a digital camera. Next he was taken 10 km away from Site-76 and asked to read the contents of the picture in silence.

Results: The page depicted in the image described the event in which D-1123 was infected by Taenia saginata during a trip to ████████, Brazil. The subject was immediately put under quarantine by the medical team and runned through a long series of exams. The subject seemed to be perfectly healthy until 02:09 of 19/10/2019, when he woke up and cried for help, complaining about acute pains in his thorax and abdomen. A new round of tests revealed the subject was suffering from a severe parasite infection, caused by an unknown species of vermin. This infection is way more aggressive and damaging to the subject than the one described in SCP-XXXX, causing him constant pain and being surprisingly resistant to available medicine. Around 14:18 of 20/10/2019 large vermin (around 5 cm in diameter; denominated SCP-XXXX-1) started protruding from the subject's cavities and attacking the medical staff.

Under command of Site-76's head of security, D-1123 was terminated at 17:30 of the same day. His corpse and the camera he used were incinerated to prevent further contamination.

Analysis: SCP-XXXX's anomalous effects work even through digital means and at large distances. The item seems unable of recreating specific species, which is now the only known limit to its effects. But it is able of creating its own new forms of life as a substitute, which are way more dangerous than the original ones. Dr. ████ hypothesized that SCP-XXXX is somewhat sentient and needs "practice" before being able of creating complex organisms. Unfortunately, we were ordered to dispose of the body and all of the infectious life form before getting to exam it properly.

Note: The research team's morale in a low-point. Dr. █████ requested a psychiatrist after reviewing the footage of D-1123's last hours.

Test XXXX-4

Test XXXX-4 - 22/10/2019

Subjects: D-5813; D-2134

Procedure: Subject D-5813 was instructed to write his own name on SCP-XXXX and read a passage out loud, recording his own voice with an analogical recorder. After three(3) hours, when the item had returned to its inactive state, subject D-2134 was brought to the testing chamber and instructed to hear the recording.

Results: Both subjects had their left femurs broken, as described in the writing. They were examined by the medical staff and didn't showed any other anomalous reaction. They were sent to Site-76's medical sector for recovery.

Analysis: Neither analogical tech nor the passage of time were able to diminish SCP-XXXX's effects. The research team is currently requesting for specific D-class personnel for future testing.

Test XXXX-5

Test XXXX-5 - 31/10/2019

Project manager managed to obtain D-class personnel with little to no wounds/infections on their medical records, as to avoid collateral damage.

Subjects: D-6574.

Procedure: Subject was instructed to write their own name on SCP-XXXX, pick a page at random and cut it from the rest of the item. Next SCP-XXXX was locked inside a K-class safe, shielded against all forms of radiation as to avoid "communication" with the cut page, and moved to a separate chamber. After that, D-6574 was instructed to read from the page at hand.

Results: The page described the event in which D-6574 gave birth, which SCP-XXXX seemingly categorizes as an infection. Subject instantly started feeling vertigo and abdominal pains. The medical team tried to carry her to medical sector but she started having a violent convulsion and was dropped down. As the medical team tried to determine which procedure to take her abdomen started inflating and [REDACTED]

Analysis: See Addendum B.

Addendum B:

Incident XXXX-76

31/10/2019 - 14:34:

[DATA EXPUNGED]

31/10/2019 - 17:50:

SCP-XXXX-2 was terminated. Its remnants and all the bodies of staff converted into SCP-XXXX-3 were incinerated. All security footage of Incident XXXX-76 was deleted and the core hard-drive units containing them were incinerated as well, as to avoid future contamination. Following command of the site director, all testing involving SCP-XXXX is suspended indefinitely.

SCP-XXXX's disruption class was updated to Keneq.