Solis Saravia's "The Vessel"

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedure:
The Real Property containing SCP-XXXX & SCP-XXXX-1 (The Structure and Activation Piano) has been purchased by The Foundation and labeled to the public as a Historical Site under “Structural Renovations and Retrofitting.” All entrances are welded shut and barricaded with lead plates 5 centimeters thick. Ground accessible windows are boarded shut.

Armed Foundation Agents are assigned to monitor and protect the property from any civilian trespassing. Attempts by any civilian(s) to trespass will result in detaining for questioning.

The sub-basement entrance of the structure that houses SCP-XXXX-1's containment box is remote-locked from a separate Foundation structure .5 Kilometers East of the Site. It is to be unlocked after immediate verbal approval from O5 Council Members only during testing.

SCP-XXXX-1 is enclosed in a lead-plated steel box 5 centimeters thick and welded shut to prevent further activation and loss-of-life. Barbwire-fencing perimeters the Structure. The Property Line is enclosed within construction barricades excluding civilian sidewalks. Surveillance cameras monitor the containment box and surrounding areas for suspicious activity. Thermal imaging equipment records heat anomalies for possible breaches of SCP-XXXX-2 and SCP-XXXX-3. A microphone near the containment box transmits live audio and video to Site Command where Agents are to monitor 24/7 for anomalies or activation.

All items within the Structure (except for The Piano) have been transported to [DATA EXPUNGED] for further research. The city's Department of Water & Power have ceased all water flow to prevent wasting of resources, courtesy of Mayor [DATA EXPUNGED].

Level 2-Clearance is required to patrol & protect SCP-XXXX
Level 4-Clearance is required for entry & access to SCP-XXXX-1 only with written approval from O5 Council Members.
Level 4 Researchers are strongly urged to NEVER touch, lean on, tap, rub, or approach SCP-XXXX-1's containment box without written approval from O5 Council Members to do so.

Hourly Protocol Requirements:

1. ALL personnel assigned to the site are required to roll-call with Site-Command every 15 minutes to ensure no loss of lives. This can be in shorter intervals if necessary.
2. If a person does not respond to roll-call, or activates SCP-XXXX-1 resulting in loss of life, initiate site lock-down for 24 hours. Foundation's Personnel Loss report must be made to O5 Council Members within the 24-hour time-frame. Foundation counselors will notify emergency contacts of the loss. Reports of any bodies falling from the sky will be handled accordingly by nearby Foundation Agents of reported area.
3. If SCP-XXXX-1 activates without human contact, notify O5 Council Immediately.

Description:
SCP-XXXX is a 1900's Christian Church of Immense Spanish-Gothic Architecture located in Southern California. The Structure contains over 300 Rooms throughout 4 Stories including the ground level- which also runs underground as a basement due to the foundation being on an incline; and one sub-basement containing the boiler room. There is a large sanctuary which can occupy as many as 1,000 members in its benches. There are 4 bell-towers, however, the Northwestern Spire is the tallest of the four; towering at 99ft. above the pavement. The Towers' bells have been removed in [DATA EXPUNGED].

SCP-XXXX-1 is an antique upright piano located in the sub-basement of SCP-XXXX. The piano is made of a dark oak. The keys are of Ivory and its functioning is keen. Attempts to open SCP-XXXX-1's Top or Key-Lid are without consequence. Attempting to move, destroy, remove pieces of the piano, or any key played results in the instant "Activation" of SCP-XXXX-1's keys to play a brief unsettling melody upon activation.

SCP-XXXX-1's "Activation Melody" is unique each time, but remains in an unsettling A-Minor Tone.

List of recorded Activation Melodies

• The 1 minute-28 second mark of "Clair De Lune" from Suite Bergamasque by late 1800's French Composer Claude Debussy.
• The 1 minute-20 second mark of "Queen Of The Night Aria" by 1700's Austrian Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• The Intro of "He Leadeth Me" by 1800's American Composer Joseph Henry Gilmore.
• The "Happy Birthday To You" Melody by [DATA EXPUNGED]. This Melody was played by SCP-XXXX-1 Four Times non-consecutively throughout several tests. Test Subjects' birth-dates were coincidentally within the same month as the testing date. This leads researchers to suggest the Piano is Sentient.
• The intro of "The Entertainer" by late 1800's African-American composer Scott Joplin.
• It is unclear as to why these specific Melodies are played by SCP-XXXX-1, and attempts to trace previous owners resulted in no leads.
• One theory suggests the Piano plays melodies that have been played on it before it's "effect manifested," however there is no further evidence to back this.

Once the melody completes, organ pipes can be heard blaring from within the SCP-XXXX's walls-mimicking SCP-XXXX-1's melody in a distorted manner. The structure of SCP-XXXX has no history of organ-pipe installation. No sounds can be heard from outside SCP-XXXX during or after activation. Digital monitoring equipment successfully captures all phenomenon during and after activation including the organ's melody.

Once SCP-XXXX is "Activated," all living organisms within the structural boundary "transport" into an alternate reality within SCP-XXXX. Video footage visibly show subjects disappear into a dark "pollen-like-dust" once the final Organ note is heard. Attempts to enter the structure after activation result in no consequence. Only living subjects within SCP-XXXX during the activation melody are transported by the SCP's effects. Subjects described the "transporting" feeling as painless as if they just blinked, or having a mild head-change. Once the structure appears to "travel" beyond the Moon, this then results in heavy "white-noise" distortion of video and radio static until complete loss of communications. All test subjects within SCP-XXXX are presumed lost or killed.

Class-D Personnel have been used for testing of SCP-XXXX and its effects upon activation. Subjects were sent to inspect SCP-XXXX-1 with a militarized backpack of monitoring equipment.

Test subjects backpacks Include:

1. GPS Locator (Which fails beyond Earth's Atmosphere)
2. Live Video-Recording Headgear with night vision. (Distorts until cut-off once beyond The Moon)
3. Live Audio Recording & Transmitting Radio (Becomes Static White Noise until cut-off once beyond The Moon)
4. Military-grade communications device used to transmit all recorded data until cut-off.
5. 1 SCP Foundation Digital Watch tracking Military time, Stopwatch, and Date.
6. 2 Water Bottles.
7. 3 Fruits of test subject's Choice
8. Non-Perishable Foods (Beef Jerky & Granola Bars).

Upon interaction of SCP-XXXX-1 and activation of the Structure, Class-D test subjects reported the feeling of the structure "ascending" upwards towards the the sky. There have also been reports of "ghost-like" manifestations of what appears to be 19th Century Churchgoers dressed in weathered cultist robes. These mild manifestations are classified as SCP-XXXX-2 and pose no recorded threat. Test subjects that have become hysterical due to fear of the phenomenon have attempted to exit the structure while "Ascending." This resulted in them falling from wherever SCP-XXXX was positioned in the sky-until death. Though SCP-XXXX remains on the Earth as recorded by outside observation, SCP Foundation Recovery teams use the GPS to track the fallen subject for "clean-up" and administration of amnestics to local witnesses. One Subject's body was recovered as far as XXX, Utah.

Though the GPS Fails beyond Earth's tracking limit, Audio & Video equipment are successful in recording all events until SCP-XXXX passes The Moon. Once beyond The Moon, all communications linking to test subjects become White Noise until complete cut-off. No test subjects have proven to return alive once SCP-XXXX activates via SCP-XXXX-1.

Destination of SCP-XXXX's flight path is unknown. It is only known that all instances of SCP-XXXX's phenomenon correlate with flying relatively close to The Moon towards the darkness of space, everything after communications loss is unknown.

Test Subject D-XXXXX describes the ghost-like manifestations as unorthodox cultists greeting and conversing among themselves-completely oblivious to the recurring phenomenon. Further observations note they seem to be caught in a peculiar time-loop. Manifestations SCP-XXXX-2 constantly mentions “The New World” and "Praise The Dark One" in an excited yet classy demeanor. It is suggested the Time Loop begins once SCP-XXXX leaves Earth's Atmospheric limit and ends once the destination is reached, though no recorded data prove to reveal where or when in time or space this destination is met.

Test Subject D-XXXXX noted that [DATA EXPUNGED] have been found throughout many of SCP-XXXX's 300 rooms dismembered and decomposed, as well as unrecognizable bones.

Test Subject D-XXXXX reported that 1 Hour after the Manifestations appear, the Bell towers' Bells begin chiming the activation melody once more, which will continue to do so every 6 Hours. The Bells' Melody causes the manifestations to consolidate into One Sole physical form that they call "The Dark One". This Final-known Manifestation is classified as SCP-XXXX-3.

SCP-XXXX-3 is a "Shadow Figure" roughly described by test subjects as 3 Meters Tall with three glowing white eyes, sharp ears like Annubis, sharp fingertips, and the apparent "Idol" of Worship by manifestations SCP-XXXX-2. It is reported that SCP-XXXX-3 can interact with physical objects and is extremely hostile. Subjects reported SCP-XXXX-3 speaking into their minds telepathically in both English and ancient Latin, saying repeated phrases as recorded below:

• "You can join us or feed us, but I will find you"
• "Your stench insults the fabric of darkness"
• "Where Are You, I will find you"
• [DATA EXPUNGED]
• [DATA EXPUNGED]
• "Your rib-cages are oyster shells to me"
• "Do not fear what is inescapable, I will set you free"
• [DATA EXPUNGED]
• "I Found You"

Video & Audio Recordings of All Test subjects' deaths are classified only to Level O5 Council Members.
Video & Audio Recordings are allowed to Level 4 Researchers via Copy of original file in which the Deaths are edited out, only with written consent by Level O5 Council Members.
Any Attempts from Unauthorized personnel will result in [DATA EXPUNGED].

All attempts to send more test subjects into the SCP-XXXX for testing has ceased after and incident in which a Level 4 Researcher who mistakenly Activated SCP-XXXX by lightly tapping her fingernails on the Lead-box containing SCP-XXXX-1, thus resulting in the unwilling transport of Herself as well as Four Level 2 personnel who were escorting the Scientist.
All are presumed lost in space, or killed by SCP-XXXX-3.

Addendum: There have been proposals among Level 4 Researchers to demolish the SCP-XXXX with a wrecking ball. This proposal was soon shut down by O5 Council Members. The extent of SCP-XXXX-1's effect to surrounding civilian communities are unknown, and is not a risk the Foundation is willing to make.

Addendum: DO NOT TOUCH, LEAN ON, TAP, RUB, OR APPROACH SCP-XXXX-1's CONTAINMENT BOX WITHOUT WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM O5 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

Addendum: All Foundation Staff are not permitted to be assigned to SCP-XXXX anytime during their Birth-Month. Site Transfers are permitted if approved by O5 Council Members. Otherwise enjoy your mandatory month-long paid suspension to unwind.