Elevator Pitch: A man who fanatically believes that the sun is a black hole. Any person who spends time with him will eventually come to believe his sayings, at which point they will be prompted by him to look outside, and when doing so, will see the sun in a darker, more blackened state. From this point on they will attempt to spread their experience to more people. The longer they stay in this state, the darker their pupils will become, which will slowly become larger until their eyes are completely black.
Central Narrative: The initial dimming of the sun that this entity caused before it was captured, and the experiences of people who were affected by this entity.
Hook/Attention Grabber: Any time that a person affected by this entity is alive, the sun’s apparent magnitude drops, hinting at the possibility that if this entity was to have his story spread to a large population, his fantasy could become our reality.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a hermetically sealed chamber within a watertight room. A separate airlock outfitted with a humidity sensor and automatic liquid nitrogen dispersal should be attached to this room.
The chamber must be no larger than 30 cm in all directions and no less than 2 cm thick. Temperatures within the cooling chamber must be constantly less than 0 degrees celsius. The chamber is to be inspected at least once a week. If a defect is found, SCP-XXXX is to be bathed in liquid nitrogen and transferred into a separate freezing chamber until a replacement is given.
In the event of a containment breach, personnel are required to shut off all piping and water-related equipment. Security personnel are to be equipped with NBC suits, armed with liquid nitrogen tanks, and dispersal devices.
Temporary Containment Procedure Update: (See Addendum XXXX-4) Per Containment Committee Order XXXX.S18.21.4, SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a Class II Humanoid Restriction Harness within a watertight Standard Secure Humanoid Containment Cell reduced to a minimum of -10 degrees celsius. SCP-XXXX is to be under permanent surveillance, and the date and time of any movements made by SCP-XXXX are to be recorded.
Description: SCP-XXXX is an amorphous entity consisting entirely of water. Its form is indistinguishable from normal water. Attempts to find a cause for its animation have been unsuccessful.
Due to its liquid nature, SCP-XXXX is immune to most forms of physical injury, though it is found to be vulnerable to extreme cold and heat. When exposed to temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Celsius, SCP-XXXX will begin to evaporate at a rate equal to normal water. When exposed to temperatures at or below 0 degrees Celsius, SCP-XXXX will slowly become docile and eventually freeze, rendering the subject immobile.
SCP-XXXX exhibits certain thresholds of mass. When composed of less than approximately 20 litres of liquid mass, it remains non-aggressive and exhibits sluggish movement. Above this threshold it’s abilities increase exponentially, being able to move at a maximum recorded speed of [REDACTED] meters per second. Increasing liquid mass beyond this point exhibits no discernable change in speed.
SCP-XXXX is unable to completely hold its form due to the low viscosity of its liquid mass. As such, the rapid movements SCP-XXXX exhibit above the 20-liter threshold cause it to gradually lose mass. In addition, this causes SCP-XXXX to be unable to absorb moving water.
SCP-XXXX displays an acute ability to sense the presence of water around it, including water found in living organisms. Upon coming into contact with the surface of the water, SCP-XXXX will rapidly absorb it into its own liquid mass. SCP-XXXX is shown to be unable to absorb water with a salinity of above 15 parts per thousand.
If SCP-XXXX finds a living organism, it will attempt to enter the organism's body via orifices. Upon entry it will quickly drain the organism of all fluid, killing it in a process that takes ██ seconds on average. SCP-XXXX will then exit the body and continue searching for water. It shows no grievance for its actions as if it believes any presence of water is to be absorbed by it. Attempts to pacify the entity have been unsuccessful so far.
If SCP-XXXX is separated into two separate masses, the larger of the two masses will continue to display anomalous properties, while the other masses will not. This does not apply when SCP-XXXX is reduced to sub-zero temperatures, where removing any mass of SCP-XXXX and thawing it will cause all previous masses of that individual subject to no longer display anomalous properties.
SCP-XXXX appears to be in a permanent cycle of reproduction lasting approximately ██ days. At the end of the cycle, SCP-XXXX will split in half and create another instance of itself, SCP-XXXX-1. Each entity's liquid mass exhibits a form of hydrophobia of the other entity, preventing the entities from absorbing one another. This process is delayed if SCP-XXXX's liquid mass is less than 40 liters, and will occur immediately after its mass exceeds this threshold. Personnel are instructed to carry out this process before any experiment unless it has been confirmed to have occurred within the current cycle. Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are to be incinerated.
SCP-XXXX has been noted to have several similarities to SCP-054. Permission for cross-testing pending.
Addendum XXXX.1: Discovery
It was discovered in [DATA EXPUNGED], Thailand after several missing person claims were filed to a police station. Search parties were sent into the vicinity and found dehydrated corpses and carcasses in a radius surrounding the town not exceeding [REDACTED] kilometers. Human victims were confirmed to be the missing persons through DNA testing. Foundation personnel were sent to further investigate the area and captured SCP-XXXX after significant resistance from the entity.
Addendum XXXX.2: Observation Log
While in containment in [DATA EXPUNGED], several experiments have been performed on SCP-XXXX to find how it reacted in different situations, and what physical limitations the entity possesses.
Observational Log XXXX.OL.3 SUMMARY
Subject: SCP-XXXX
Preface: SCP-XXXX was thawed and a test subject (D-45345) equipped with a standard NBC suit was tasked with increasing liquid mass above the critical threshold. Current liquid mass estimated at 11 liters.
Observations: After reaching critical liquid mass, SCP-XXXX assaults D-45345 and lands on their suit's helmet and breaks through it. It then enters D-45345 and absorbs all liquids within them. The chamber is flushed with liquid nitrogen. 6.3 liters of SCP-XXXX was returned to its chamber, and an additional 7.6 liters of water were added. New liquid mass 13.9 liters.
Addendum XXXX.3: 01/21/2018 Incident
SCP-XXXX gained access to over ███ liters of liquid mass during an unauthorized experiment performed on the subject.
INCIDENT REPORT
INCIDENT #: XXXX-1
DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 01/21/2018
A Foundation researcher assigned to SCP-XXXX attempted an unauthorized experiment on the subject. The motivations behind the experiment are unknown.
In the experiment, SCP-XXXX was presented approximately 60 liters of water across 5 buckets of varying color and size. All water previously in the buckets was completely absorbed. SCP-XXXX then attempts to break through the glass panel protecting the researcher from it. Presumably in a panic, the researcher attempted to escape from the subject.
The subject then successfully broke through the glass and assaulted the researcher, killing them. Three other Foundation researchers were killed by SCP-XXXX before it was subdued by security personnel.
Following the Incident on 01/21/2018, additional security measures have been added around SCP-XXXX's containment. Experiments can proceed on SCP-XXXX, however, researchers are instructed to view them remotely using security cameras placed within the containment.
Addendum XXXX.4: 07/24/2018 Incident
SCP-XXXX infiltrated a test subject and spontaneously became capable of controlling the subject while keeping the subject's liquid mass stable. Whether SCP-XXXX was capable of this feat before this incident is unknown.
INCIDENT REPORT
INCIDENT #: XXXX-2
DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 07/24/2018
A Foundation researcher assigned to SCP-XXXX carried out an experiment to gain more insight on how SCP-XXXX is able to siphon liquids from a living creature.
During the experiment, SCP-XXXX entered the test subject (D-70821). Unlike in previous experiments, the test subject's flesh did not lose moisture. Instead, the test subject experienced involuntary muscle spasms that gradually increased in frequency until appearing similar to the effects of a seizure.
The movements subsided, and no movements were observed from the subject for a period of 30 minutes. The subject then slowly stood up and appeared to examine its surroundings. The subject then moved towards the airlock and assaulted it in a presumed attempt to breach containment. The room was flushed with liquid nitrogen and the subject was restrained in a Class II Humanoid Restriction Harness. Despite the sub-zero temperatures the subject was exposed to, it was observed to move its right index finger during its restraint.
Following the Incident on 07/24/2018, Flesh from SCP-XXXX was removed and is currently under investigation. Containing SCP-XXXX at temperatures equal to -5 degrees celsius or above was found to be ineffective at completely hindering the entity’s movement. All other anomalous properties of the entity are still unknown.