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SCP-XXXX

SCP-XXXX COGNITOHAZARD WARNING

DANGER

The following SCP file cannot be
read in its entirety without use
of class-B Amnestics within five(5)
hours of opening.

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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Threat Level: Yellow- ▲

Containment procedure: SCP-XXXX is to be kept locked in a standard class 2 briefcase at site 28. Under no circumstance is any personnel allowed access to SCP-XXXX without MTF Zeta-8 "47 Zatoichis" being present. No foundation personnel is allowed to directly handle SCP-XXXX with the exception of Class-D's.

SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B are to be kept in a standard reinforced humanoid casket at Site-12. No Testing is to be performed on these instances. SCP-XXXX-C ██████ ████████ ███████ And is considered to be [NEUTRALIZED] no Containment required.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a rendition of Danse Macabre (1493) by Michael Wolgemut on canvas. Unlike all other historical renditions, SCP-XXXX is not a print. It is a painted sketch of four(4) skeletons dancing and playing various instruments while waking another skeleton(1). The medium is positive for human blood. The canvas itself is made out of hemp. Carbon testing has revealed the painting to be from approx the early 1500's, which match the timeline of the artist.

SCP-XXXX is a major Cognitohazard all subjects that have made positive eye-contact have succumbed to its anomalous effects. Within forty-eight(48) minutes of sight, the subjects suffer a rapid "decomposition". The skin becomes necrotic and connective tissue begins to break down, following this the muscle and fat tissue falls off the skeletal system. The timescale is bound to the specific subject's mass, albeit the process can take upwards of two(2) hours.

Visual contact of SCP-XXXX is not limited to physical proximity, photographic rendering of SCP-XXXX also causes the effects detailed above. Albeit at a much longer timescale, of approximately 48 hours. exposure to live video has been observed to cause the same effects as being in the physical presence of SCP-XXXX.

At this point, the subjects are considered to be SCP-XXXX-[#] the human skeletal remains of the subject which made positive eye contact with SCP-XXXX. This skeleton will become animate and capable of full locomotion despite a lack of connective tissue or muscular system. The means by which this is achieved are currently unknown. SCP-XXXX[#] Will produce¹ a musical instrument composed of human bone and/or connective tissue and/or flesh. Examples have included but are not limited to: bagpipes, flutes, lutes, guitars, harps, drums, and a ████████.

SCP-XXXX[#] Will then proceed to play said instrument and beckon nearby humans to dance and to follow it to see the "Painting."(SCP-XXXX) Disregarding this "request" or otherwise ignoring it causes the instance SCP-XXXX[#] to become Hostile. Its behavior becomes increasingly more dangerous until it has eliminated those that are not acquiescing to its message or a willingness is verbally communicated to see the "Painting." Instances of SCP-XXXX are sentient but not sapient or indeed capable of actual communication. The vocalizations are mimicry and restricted to cajoling others into becoming instances of SCP-XXXX themselves.

Discovery: SCP-XXXX was first encountered at the university of █████ in ████set, England on 01/12/20██. SCP-XXXX was first reported as a singing skeleton prank, local asset procurement was sent in and captured SCP-XXXX-A with little resistance. The team then traced back SCP-XXXX origin via observation of CCTV footage. Origin was determined to be the office of one professor: Mark █████ █████. All contents were seized for investigation, of note: a 'puddle' decomposed of biological was found on the room's carpet. All CCTV tapes of the day were seized, a month's worth of footage was also acquired, and showed the same itinerary for SCP-XXXX-A. AT this point it was believed that SCP-XXXX was itself contained as no contents of the room had tested anomalous. Class-A Amnestics were distributed to on site witnesses and a fabricated story of a prank fed to the media. SCP-XXXX-A was sent to Area-12 See Incident Report XXXX-A For full details.

On 07/18/20██ there was a resurgence of the skeleton prank, at this time fearing a biological hazard (due to the decomposed biological matter previously encountered) MTF Beta-7 ("Maz Hatters") sent a detachment of a four(4) group for anomalous asset containment and to sweet the groud for SCP-XXXX as it was now confirmed that the previous asset secured(SCP-XXXX-A) was an instance. SCP-XXXX-B proved hostile but was subdued with relatively minor use of force. Once the asset was secured, the team split into two groups of two(2) men. Blue Team was to locate and secure the biological remains of SCP-XXXX-B While Red Team was to monitor Blue team and scrub thru CCTV footage to find points of interception between Incident-A and Incident-B.

Red team found the link to be Professor Samantha █████. A Phd on historical art, and the cross-section to be an art warehouse on site. Both SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B had visited the warehouse over the course of several months, upon further investigation of manifest logs, it was determined that a specific piece of art was SCP-XXXX. The piece was secured, Class-A Amnestics were distributed, a cover story presenting the same prank elements as Incident-A was floated to the media.

While SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-B were in transit three(3) of the team members began succumbing to the effects of SCP-XXXX. Only Agent Fried showed immunity, it was determined to be a visual-cognitohazard at the time. Agent Fried managed to take his vehicle to safehouse-98 to secure containment of the anomaly. Then he discharged his sidearm five(5) times, to stop SCP-XXXX-1, SCP-XXXX-2, SCP-XXXX-3. Agent Fried suffered multiple lacerations to the torso and died of massive blood loss. Command of ENG-7 was compromised briefly but secondary leadership called MTF Eta-10 ("See No Evil") to contain the situation at safehouse-98.

Initial assessment using protocol Litmus_Test with a class-D exposed to CCTV footage of SCP-XXXX proved that standard procedures would be insufficient. At this time the two(2) man MTF Zeta-8 "47 Zatoichis" was called in due to their unique qualifiers. The situation was resolved 3 hours and 21 minutes later. See Incident Report XXXX-B For full details.

[+Incident Report XXXX-A:]

Mission CODE: Pulchritudinous Bereavement-LAP
Mission Abstract: To investigate and secure sighting of a possible SCP.
Assigned Task Force: Local Asset Procurement [ENGLAND-7] (4 members)
Additional Information: The following is a transcript of audio and video recordings captured by LAP-ENG-7. The four-man team, led by Agent Jupiter, spent just over two(2) hours during the preliminary assessment of the anomaly.
[BEGIN LOG]
Jupiter: Mics on.
Pluto: Check.
Mars: Check.
Venus: Check.
Jupiter: Command?
Command: We hear you. Initiate Mission.
Jupiter: Understood, moving in.
LAP-ENG-7 team enters the campus, travel through the university takes roughly fifteen minutes, after which the team encounters SCP-XXXX-A.
Venus: Fucking hell, it's a bloody skeleton!
Mars: That is exactly what the report said it would be, what did you expect? Elves?
Jupiter: Cut the chatter, Pluto bag it with the B-config.
Agent Pluto switches the payload on his net rifle from fish-wire to enclosed cellophane, colloquially known as B-configuration.
Pluto: Ready! On your command!
Jupiter: Fire.
Agent pluto fires his net rifle, the cellophane payload wraps itself around SCP-XXXX-A causing it to become immobile.
Jupiter: Command, asset secured, orders?
Command: Contain on vehicle, investigate origin.
Jupiter: Copy that, Venus, Mars take the thing to the parking area, secure it. Pluto you are with me, lets see what they got on video here.
Agents Venus and Mars, take SCP-XXXX-A to a secured location while Agents Pluto and Jupiter review CCTV Footage. 2 hours 37 minutes later the origin point tracked down to an office on the 5th floor of the administration building, Agents Pluto and Jupiter make their way there.
Jupiter: Going to breach!
Agent Jupiter kicks the door, and enters the room. Agent Pluto vomits shortly after.
Pluto: The fucking smell, is that hazardous?!
A pool of a biological material is seen on the center of the room. The team is recalled as local biocontainment is ordered to the scene.
[END LOG]
//Note: At the conclusion of this mission, all contents of the room were seized for study and a possible connection with the anomalous incident. //

Note: The following is a list of the contents seized which were possible SCP's. Some contents omitted, see Site-81 research department for a full list of recovered items.

Contents Seized:

Item	Notes
Desk	Made of mahogany.
computer chair	N/A
desktop computer	2Tb HDD.
dagger	germanic, 14th century.
pillbox	Japanese, 1940's.
Spaniard Banner	House of █████.
Rug	Immitation of persian style, made in mexico.
Skull	Plastic, Made in China.
Biological Hazard	Liquified human soft-tissue.
Lamp	Early 19th century, French.
Tea set	Late 16th century, Russian.
Flute	Jade, early 14th century, Chinese.

[+Incident Report XXXX-B:]

Mission CODE: Diaphanous Malevolence-MTF
Mission Abstract: To secure SCP-XXXX-B and locate source SCP-XXXX.
Assigned Task Force: MTF Beta-7 ("Maz Hatters") detachment (4 members)
Additional Information: The following is a transcript of audio and video recordings captured by MTF Beta-7 ("Maz Hatters"). The four-man team, led by Agent Boiled, was on call for an unrelated SCP, regrettably there were no survivors. Red/Blue team logs have been edited for ease of access and brevity.
[BEGIN LOG]
Boiled: Mics on.
Scrambled: Check.
Fried: Check.
Poached: Check.
Boiled: How read command?
Command: Five by Five Boiled, You may commence Mission.
Boiled: Solid Copy.
The team arrives on campus which is vacant under the cover of a gas leak. The team tamps into the CCTV and locates SCP-XXXX-B on the west wing, 100 meters away from the team's position.
Upon breaching the cafeteria doors MTF BETA-7 is attacked by SCP-XXXX-B (Hypothesis is that the hostility was initiated due to the breaching charge used.)
Boiled: Bag it Poach!
Agent Poached fires his net rifle(B-Configuration) and SCP-XXXX is caught in it, the cellophane starts to rip, and Agent Scrambled Fires his net rifle(B-configuration) to reinforce the restraints on SCP-XXXX-B
Scrambled: Feisty bastard, hey Fried you got the Zombie bag?
Fried: I wish you would call it what it is, yeah let me take out of my pack.
Scrambled: "Secure Corpse Retrieval bag" is too long.
Poached: And yet you were able to remember it, where to now boss?
Boiled: We split up, Red/Blue teams, Poach with me, we find out where SCP-XXXX-B came from, and you guys find out what comes up in the cross-reference.
Scrambled: Copy.
Fried: Copy.
Poached: Copy.
[END LOG]

RED TEAM [BEGIN LOG]
The team secures its way into the office previously occupied by SCP-XXXX-B the scene is similar to that left by SCP-XXXX-A a pool of biological material decomposed found on the hardwood floor.
Boiled: Well don't look at me you are the one with the vacuum, suck it up.
Poached: I ain't complaining, at least we got hazmat suits, the poor fucks that bagged SCP-XXXX-A had to actually smell this shit.

Boiled: It's not that bad, after a while you stop being able to smell it, or you ignore it.
Agent Poached takes out a hazardous-waste portable-vacuum and starts to gather the biological material

Poached: Ignore it? This looks like someone vomited meat and potatoes, ate it back up and vomited it again, it has the consistency of canned soup.
Command: The observational notes are appreciated, the chatter not so much, keep it to a minimum.
Boiled: Copy.
Poached: Copy.
[END LOG]

BLUE TEAM [BEGIN LOG]
Scrambled: This fucker is heavy, like how much do human skeletons weight? Command?
Command: One moment.
Fried: Why do they even indulge your questions?
Scrambled: I always ask interesting things, its why I was recruited.
Command: On average twenty-seven(27) pounds how much do you estimate SCP-XXXX-B weights?
Fried: This fucker is at least fifty pounds.
Command: We copy.
Team pours over CCTV archive and university logs, cross reference has yielded positive results, SCP-XXXX likely to be painting Red team sent in to recover it.
[END LOG]

RED TEAM [BEGIN LOG]
Red team enters art warehouse and navigates its corridors until the team encounters SCP-XXXX
Boiled: I got visual confirmation on SCP-XXXX No anomalous effect encountered, suit integrity reads 100% Approaching now.
Boiled: No autonomous response detected, bagging SCP-XXXX.
agent's Poached Audio equipment has failed, battery: Low, Agent gives thumbs up, all primary suit systems still operational.
Command: Well done team, return to base. We are sending in a cleanup crew to bag and tag the rest.
Boiled: Copy that.
[END LOG]

MTF-Beta-7 is en route to asset recovery site. Audio LOG only, VIDEO-EXPUNGED
Boiled:My fucking arm Poach, it's melting!
Scrambled: Just stay still James, stay fucking still. Command we have containment breach, please advice. Jesus! James your face!
Boiled: Unintelligible, garbled, vocal cords have rotted away.
Scrambled: Jimmy get this fucking van to safe location now!
Fried: I'm heading to safehouse-93 it's in █████ by Brixton. The fucking 203 is congested. Why is command not answering?
Scrambled: Oh fuck Jimmy my legs are on fire. (Not literally as there was no evidence of this on the Hazmat suit recovered.) Command you fucking nitwits answer!
Gunshot registered, Agent Poached committed suicide
Scrambled:Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Agent scrambled starts to choke
Fried: Stay with me Luce, we can make it, you watch next week we go to that beach you like eh, just stay with me love.
Fried: Gods luce, stay with me.

Command: AUTOMATED SYSTEM MESSAGE, BIOLOGICAL THREAT DETECTED. COMMAND DOWN ENG-7.
Scrambled: garbled, vocal cords have rotted away.
Fried: Shit, oh shit, why!
[AUDIO LOG EXPUNGED]
[END LOG]

Note: Agent Fried arrived at safehouse-93 and was attacked by SCP-XXXX-1, SCP-XXXX-2, and SCP-XXXX-3. Having discharged his firearm at them he was able to stop their locomotion by destroying their skulls. Command reached the agent and called for MTF Eta-10 ("See No Evil"). Agent Fried died due to bloodloss. Visual-cognitohazard infected ENG-7 command creating SCP-XXXX-4, SCP-XXXX-5, SCP-XXXX-6, SCP-XXXX-7, SCP-XXXX-8, SCP-XXXX-9. All were neutralized.

MTF Eta-10 ("See No Evil") Report: Visual-cognitohazard SCP-XXXX was called in by ENG-7 Command, upon review of facts, team administered Litmus_Test with a class-D exposed to live CCTV footage of SCP-XXXX. 48 minutes after D-48923 became SCP-XXXX-10 and was terminated by headshot.

Contact was made to MTF Zeta-8 ("47 Zatoichis") due to their unique nature of complete blindness and no concept of sight. Site secured until their arrival.

MTF Zeta-8 ("47 Zatoichis") Report: SCP-XXXX recovered inside Foundation van, 48-minute infection window waited for quarantine, no effect on team. 48-hour quarantine waited, no effect on team. SCP-XXXX transferred to a secured briefcase, SCP-XXXX-B Handed over to LAP-ENG-7. Delivered SCP-XXXX to secure facility at site-28.

[+Incident Report XXXX-C:]

[DATA EXPUNGED]

No further testing on SCP-XXXX is allowed.

[+Casualty Report XXXX-B:]

Casualties: 11

Agent	Cause of Death	Coroner's Note:
Boiled	Rapid decomposition, collapsed airway.	N/A
Scrambled	Rapid decomposition, collapsed airway.	N/A
Poached	Self-Inflicted Gunshot to the cranium	SCP-XXXX effects seem stop once host dies. Body in state of decomposition but liquified like the others.
Fried	Massive blood loss, abdominal wound.	No transmission of decomposition found.
D-48923	Gunshot to the cranium	Corroborates the effects observed with agent Poached.
DELETED	Rapid decomposition, collapsed airway.	N/A
DELETED	Rapid decomposition, collapsed airway.	N/A
DELETED	Rapid decomposition, collapsed airway.	N/A
DELETED	Rapid decomposition, collapsed airway.	N/A
DELETED	Self-Inflicted Gunshot to the cranium	N/A
DELETED	Ingestion of Cyanide	Biochemical interaction seems to be active for some time after transformation starts, suggest testing.

[+Casualty Report XXXX-C:]

Casualties: 23

Agent	Cause of Death	Coroner's Note:
DELETED INTRUSION DETECTED	DELETED INTRUSION DETECTED	DELETED INTRUSION DETECTED

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Footnotes

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[Spatial Anomaly]

It is currently unknown how the instrument is procured, the working hypothesis is that it is "pulled" from a higher dimension.