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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be secured in a standard humanoid containment cell, and Personnel with medical training are to be posted outside. Testing proposals for SCP-XXXX must be written at least a day beforehand, this policy also applies to applications for temporary termination of SCP-XXXX for training. Please note that SCP-XXXX is currently under suicide watch and should therefore not be given any potentially damaging items.

Updated Containment Procedures 06/05/2019: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in the site-██ medical wing. Testing is suspended. All efforts of the SCP-XXXX research are to focus on keeping SCP-XXXX alive. A medical team trained in oncology, psychologically resistant to long periods of repetition, is to be stationed near SCP-XXXX, and at no point should any other individual be closer to the object than the team.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a human male of Lithuanian descent, born on 06/11/1970. Formerly D-Class personnel, it has been under containment since 17/06/2003. Edit 06/05/2019: SCP-XXXX is currently comatose, self-induced through hypoxia on 05/05/2019.

When SCP-XXX-1 is terminated, the closest human being will be chosen as an instance of SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX-1 is placed in a time loop, beginning at 00:01 of that day, and ending on SCP-XXXX’s death. This will repeat until SCP-XXXX survives the day. This process is involuntary, as has been shown by SCP-XXXX’s several suicide attempts since being placed in containment. SCP-XXXX does not remember any of this process.

SCP-XXXX-1 will maintain all physical alterations, including injuries, sustained during the loop through repeated attempts. It is currently theorized that this is to allow instances of SCP-XXXX-1 to maintain their memories after the day resets. If SCP-XXXX-1 is unable to carry out their assigned task due to any physical injuries or mental illnesses obtained, then a new SCP-XXXX-1 will be chosen

+ Audio log from Interview XXXX-1, about the recovery of SCP-XXXX

Interviewer: Head Researcher Peter Williams
Interviewee: Junior Researcher Mary Brooks

<Begin Log>
[Site ██, 24:07:01 UTC, 18/03/2003]
Brooks: So, what should I say?
Williams: Just tell us what happened
Brooks: Okay, um, I was assigned to work on ████, and fou- yesterday -sorry- we were supposed to test its reaction to human presence
Williams: Was the subject present in this experiment?
Brooks: Yep, he was the first D-Class that we sent in. ID number was 54721
Williams: Did you notice anything strange about D-54721?
Brooks: Actually, I can show you a recording of his audio I have.
*pause, Brooks is heard going through recordings, but comes up empty*
Brooks: I’m an idiot. He said something like “I hope whatever you guys have is enough to keep me down.”
Williams: You didn’t find that concerning?
Brooks: No? I mean, I don’t have a lot of experience with D-Class, but I figured they’d all say stuff like that
Williams: What happened next?
Brooks: He collapsed, and before he hit the floor I woke up in bed. On the same morning.
Williams: What did you think at the time?
Brooks: That it was a dream
Williams: So, you repeated your day?
Brooks: Yeah, when I saw the same D-Class I got suspicious.
Williams: What did you do?
Brooks: I talked to you, actually. Told you about how ████ could be affecting my dreams or messing with time.
Williams: What did we do?
Brooks: The test was already underway, but we asked D-54721 if he had noticed any weird dreams or was feeling like he was having similar feelings as I did. When we got to my theory of time manipulation, he became agitated, but it was too late. He died and my day repeated. I made sure to keep track of the time. I went through the day again and confirmed that it was the subject’s death, not the specific time of day, that caused the time repeat.
Williams: The next day was your final one in the loop, correct?
Brooks: Correct. I told you about the incident, and we investigated D-54721. He informed us of his anomalous effects, and we assigned him SCP classification. After that we went straight into this interview
William: Do you have anything else to inform us of before we close the interview?
Brooks: No, thank you
<End log>

+ SCP-XXXX incident report: XXXX-1

XXXX-1 Post-Incident medical report
Date: 05/05/2019
Subject Name/Designation: SCP-XXXX
Medical Personnel Name: Sera Lowe
Incident Summary: SCP-XXXX attempted suicide through suspension hanging, via a bedsheet located in its cell. Medical personnel situated outside its cell intervened, however SCP-XXXX suffered severe hypoxia, inducing a coma
Post-Incident examination: Examination confirmed initial reports of a state of coma. Examination also uncovered a tumor located in the lung. Subsequent investigation determined SCP-XXXX suffered from stage 3 lung cancer.

Email concerning medical findings, dated 6/05/2019
To: SCP-XXXX research team, (█ Members)
From: Head Researcher Mary Brooks
Alright everyone,

You should have received yesterday's medical report detailing our findings. Depending on how long you've been on this team, the reaction you'll be having is either concern, or complete terror. For the older members, I've updated the containment procedures. Newer ones? Read on.

The issue here, one that I and the other senior researchers have been putting off, is at the core of SCP-XXXX. For those of you who've forgotten, SCP-XXXX's self-defense mechanism is a time loop. One that only terminates upon survival of the specimen. Fun fact about lung cancer: It's damn hard to cure. Pretty much impossible on the day of death. If SCP-XXXX dies of its illness, then it'll select whoever's close by. That person will be stuck in the same day for decades, attempting to do the impossible and failing miserably in the process.

Then? The time loop will move on to the next person, who will have the same experience. Then the next. And the next. Continuing on and on and on, like a plague, sweeping through the population. Every single person will be stuck in their own personal hell, for years. But in real life, It'll only take an instant, and just like that, humanity's gone.

You should all get to work.