A Thousand Silent Shouts

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid Neutralised

Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be locked in an airtight 5m³ containment area, with bulletproof windows 1.5m off the floor, made of multiple different shades, materials, and creation methods, 1m in thickness, and a stainless-steel. There is a required noise ban above ██ decibels. All doors must be well-oiled, and talking is prohibited within 50m of SCP-XXXX. All walls in SCP-XXXX's cell must be covered in soundproof dampeners. All observations must be done using a remote drone, which, upon use, must either remain in SCP-XXXX's containment chamber or remain in a soundless environment for up to a month, upon which it will be destroyed via trash compactor. This protocol is called Protocol Sound Confinement. The radio is to be played at all times, but at a level so it is not audible outside the chamber. SCP-XXXX is housed in Site-19 and is to be transferred to Site-██ within the year. As of ██/██/16, SCP-XXXX has been transferred to Site-37: Memetic Hazard Containment. No research of any kind may be done without the approval of one of the 05 council members.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a vocal meme, transferred by noise above ██ decibels. SCP-XXXX acts like a queen bee, and, upon 'hearing' noise above ██ decibels, proceeds to copy itself. That copy is labeled SCP-XXXX-C and will attach to the object that made that noise. That object is labeled SCP-XXXX-O until SCP-XXXX-C perishes. All other noises from or around SCP-XXXX-O is used to feed both SCP-XXXX, and to maintain SCP-XXXX-C's ability to live and absorb more 'food'. Both SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-C radiate a field of paranoia, but SCP-XXXX's paranoia is several times more severe. It is theorized that SCP-XXXX can absorb and 'regurgitate' sounds it has heard and uses it to sustain and duplicate itself. It, however, cannot copy itself using its own sounds, as it created said sounds.

Discovery: SCP-XXXX was discovered on ██/██/██, in ███████, Canada, by Dr. Ullyses Day, and was contained, along with a cult of sorts, made of twelve people. Those twelve people, ranging from 17-32 years old were administered Class-D amnestics and were released, with slight confusion. Five days after amnestics, the twelve people were discovered to be still holding SCP-XXXX-C and were once again administered Class-D amnestics, this time after a one-month period of solitary confinement, fed only by mute D-Class Personnel, who was then confined to another one-month period of solitary. Said D-Class Personnel were then promoted to janitorial staff, and have since survived up to this date. SCP-XXXX itself was discovered to be a magnetic paperweight of a red apple and was seemingly starving. It is theorized that SCP-XXXX only had those twelve people to 'feed' itself, as SCP-XXXX-C cannot replicate itself.

History of SCP-XXXX

Records show that SCP-XXXX has existed for at least since 1978, which is where it was first sighted, in [DATA EXPUNGED], a school for orphan children. A log for share-and-tell every day show that one Merryweather Henrys was the one to discover it, and it was kept in the school grounds until 2001, in which a group of twelve found it, and, after discovering it's true nature, brought it to their home, and worshipped it, thinking it was a god. In ████, SCP-XXXX was recovered, and placed into containment.

Addendum XXXX-A: Anomalous Activities

Data Log XXXX-α - ██/11/04 - Anomalous Event
SCP-XXXX emits a screech of ██ decibels for █ minutes, then proceeds to go quiet. It is unknown what caused this scream, and it has not used the particular scream again. After a few months, it was discovered that the screech had come from the movie [REDACTED], but pitched up 15x.

Data Log XXXX-αb - ██/06/05 - Containment Breach
During a breach of SCP-████'s cause, SCP-XXXX was transferred onto Dr. Rhys, who, after the breach contained in his office for the month, with the addition of 1m of sound dampeners. Dr. Rhys's belongings have since undergone Protocol Sound Confinement and returned to him.

Data Log XXXX-ß - ██/██/08 - SCP-XXXX-ß
SCP-XXXX-ß was found in Britain, with a sizeable cult of ███ people, who were given Class-E amnestics, and underwent Protocol Sound Containment. SCP-XXXX-ß was found to be a Grand Piano, and it is estimated that, had SCP-XXXX-ß been in the public for much longer, an AK-Class end-of-the-world scenario would occur, as it seems that SCP-XXXX can reproduce, given enough sound. See Addendum XXXX-B for more detail.

04 ACCESS ONLY

SCP-XXXX-ß had already killed all of them. To 04 and above, it should already be known that Class-E amnestics don't actually cause amnesia, and so we covered up their death. A blast to their inner ear. It appears that we didn't sneak in fast or quiet enough, and so it killed them. Let's hope nothing like this happens again. Their family will be given Class-D amnestics and all records of their existence will be removed.

Data Log XXXX-αc - ██/██/09 - SCP-XXXX-α
SCP-XXXX emits an unearthly screeching, [DATA EXPUNGED] and there were two identical paperweights. It is assumed that SCP-XXXX reproduced, and the resulting paperweight was painted green and labeled SCP-XXXX-Γ. SCP-XXXX-Γ is less active than the other two but radiates a much stronger aura of paranoia.

Data Log XXXX-αd - ██/12/14 - Anomalous Event
SCP-XXXX emits a garbled jumble of noise, which, when slowed down, was revealed to be the entirety of The Princess Bride. SCP-XXXX seems to be extremely tired after that event. After that, a radio player was put in SCP-XXXX's container. All events to cause havoc ceased after this point, from all of the SCP-XXXXs have ceased. SCP-XXXX shall now be classified as safe.

Addendum XXXX-B

Data Log XXXX-ß: Reproduction of SCP-XXXX - ██/██/09
SCP-XXXX, after it's scream, starts to seemingly merge with the air, and, in an unearthly screech that is now classified as a Cognitohazard, a new paperweight de-merged from SCP-XXXX. Afterward, SCP-XXXX-α wasn't active for about 6 months.

Addendum XXXX-B - Casualties
No researchers were lost, but Dr. Conners did faint, causing the Cognitohazard classification.

Addendum XXXX-C

Data Log XXXX-δ - ██/██/16
It has been discovered that SCP-XXXX has duplicated ██ times. A semi-AK class scenario has occurred in Detroit, and modified Class-A amnestics, meant to remove SCP-XXXX-C from objects and people have been spread all across Detroit.

Voice Log XXXX-δ - ██/██/██ - Dr. Conners
After a long and grueling period, we have finally neutralized SCP-XXXX. Dr. Conners, Signing off.