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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a standard containment locker in Site-33. Access to the locker is restricted to personnel with Clearance Level 3. If SCP-XXXX is needed for testing, a request is to be filed and checked by project lead Dr. Anastasia Hurtz. Under no circumstances is SCP-XXXX to be read by anyone except D-Class personnel.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a collection of four papers, each of them designated SCP-XXXX-A through -D. These papers itself are non-anomalous. On each one of them is a text written on one side. The other side is completely blank.
The text has the same structure on each instance of SCP-XXXX. It takes the form of a "What am I?"-riddle (for more details refer to Document XXXX-01). This means that there is always a short description of an object or a concept and the question "What am I?" at the end.
The anomalous effect occurs when a subject reads an instance of SCP-XXXX and the correct answer to the respective riddle is formed in the mind. Immediately afterwards a process takes place which corresponds to the solution of the SCP-XXXX instance. At the end of each process, the subject always dies. After the process has started, there is no way of stopping it. There is no effect if the riddle is copied or photographed.
Due to the location of discovery (see Document XXXX-02) each effect was connected with one of the four elements: Earth, Water, Fire and Air. Further research into the origins of SCP-XXXX is ongoing.
Addenda:
Document XXXX-01: The following is an overview of the instances of SCP-XXXX and their effect if the solution is found.
| Instance | Riddle | Solution | Effect | Element |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCP-XXXX-A | "Many fear me, but few escape me. What am I?" | Death | Subject decays at an accelerated rate through an increased number of bacteria. Then a process of Humusation1 takes place. The overall procedure takes about five minutes and the subject claims to feel extreme pain during the process. | Earth |
| SCP-XXXX-B | "My symptoms are like rain and my cause is often pain. What am I?" | Sadness | Subject reports to feel sad for an unknown reason. The amount of water in the body increases for reasons yet unknown. This leads to cytolysis2 and eventually the entire body of the subject bursts and water flows on the ground. | Water |
| SCP-XXXX-C | I am there when something else is not. I cannot rot and also not be bought. What am I? | Anger | Subject reports to feel very angry. He then states to feel a heat inside his head. The subjects head turns read and smoke comes out of the ears. A flame appears in both ears of the subject. All attempts to extinct it have thus far failed. The flame grows and covers the entire body after one minute. The subject reports to feel no pain, though. The temperature is 1400°C and the time until only ashes remain is approximately 30 minutes. | Fire |
| SCP-XXXX-D | You seek for my opposite, but sometimes I am infinite. What am I? | Imprisonment | Subject reports a feeling of being trapped in their body. Exactly one minute and thirty-five seconds after viewing SCP-XXXX-D, the subject dies and drops to the floor due to the brain suddenly vanishing through unknown means. | Air |
Document XXXX-02: Each instance was discovered at a different location, which are all anomalous in nature and possess own designations. The locations are as follows:
- SCP-XXXX-A: SCP-XXXX-A was found during one of the explorations of SCP-EEEE. D-2341 claims that, after entering SCP-EEEE, he found himself in a completely white environment with a box standing in the center of the whiteness. In the box was SCP-XXXX-A. He retrieved the box and after a few days, Researcher Gaia suffered the effects of SCP-XXXX-A, which led to its classification.
- SCP-XXXX-B: SCP-XXXX-B was found during Exploration 1 of SCP-WWWW. Immediately upon entering, the D-Class reported the discovery of a box with a paper in it. The box was later found to be the same as SCP-XXXX-A's box and the paper classified as SCP-XXXX-B, after Researcher Nero experienced the aforementioned effects.
- SCP-XXXX-C:
