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SCP-XXXX during obstruction test 6.
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a locked container at all times. The room must be well-maintained, and any kind of crack or opening in SCP-XXXX’s container must be immediately sealed, and weekly checks for such cracks and holes are mandatory. There must be a minimum of 6 personnel armed with flamethrowers stationed by SCP-XXXX’s containment at all times.
Wax of any kind is not allowed near SCP-XXXX’s containment at Site-██.
Description: SCP-XXXX is what appears to be a cardboard box of wax pipe cleaners about one (1) meter by one (1) meter by one (1) meter in size. There are openings present on top of and under the box. On the back of the box are series of hieroglyphs of unidentified origin scribbled on.
If there is no instance already, SCP-XXXX will close up and manifest wax pipe cleaners until the box is completely filled, usually taking around one hour. Once filled, the box will open back up, and the pipe cleaners will form an instance of SCP-XXXX-1. There is no known way of stopping SCP-XXXX-1’s manifestation, however, placing SCP-XXXX in high temperature rooms (50 degrees Celsius or more) have proven effective at delaying manifestation to 3 hours or more.
SCP-XXXX-1 is a collection of the wax pipe cleaners manifested by SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX-1 can change form at will to adapt to whatever situation is presented to it at the time. Most instances of SCP-XXXX-1 take the form of a humanoid entity by default, varying in shapes and sizes. SCP-XXXX-1 is able to take a form thin enough to slip through cracks and openings only 5mm thin. When instances come into contact with wax, it takes the wax and fuses it into itself.
Despite seeming to be made of wax, SCP-XXXX-1 instances have proven resistant to bullets, stabbing, mutilation, and being submerged in substances such as water and hydrochloride acid. Only known full-proof method of destroying SCP-XXXX-1 instances is through fire, which seems to melt SCP-XXXX-1. Once fully melted, the SCP-XXXX-1 instance loses its anomalous properties and a new instance of SCP-XXXX-1 will be ready to be created. Explosions of lower magnitudes cause SCP-XXXX-1 to become momentarily dismembered, however, the instance will reform soon after. Explosions of higher magnitudes and repeated use of lower magnitude explosives have succeeded in the full destruction of SCP-XXXX-1 instances. However, what is high magnitude enough varies by instance. Other methods of melting SCP-XXXX-1 such as presence in high temperatures and being submerged in various high temperature liquids have proven ineffective.
Once manifested, SCP-XXXX-1 will attempt to break free of any containment it is put into. When placed in a room with no cracks or other form of escape method, it will repeatedly punch the walls in hopes of creating one it can utilize. If successful in breaking free, it will attempt to attack any and all humans it can find. SCP-XXXX-1 instances will attack in methods depending on which form it takes, which usually means it attacks through punching, biting, or tearing off limbs through various other methods. SCP-XXXX-1 instances usually ignore non-sapient entities such as animals, but if one gets in the way (i.e. an animal attacks it or defends a human it is trying to get to), it will go ahead and attack it.
SCP-XXXX was found in rural regions of the U.S. state of Georgia after a series of murders around ████, in which no fingerprints or DNA was found at any of the crime scenes. SCP-XXXX was discovered inside of an abandoned barn. The box was lying in the middle of a mostly empty room with a pentagram drawn out with chalk on the ground, pipe cleaners were scattered everywhere across the ground, with candles that were still lit when discovered by retrieval team ██████ █-█.
Due to the costs of containment, authorization has been granted by O5-██ to begin termination attempts. SCP-XXXX, however, seems to be impervious to all tried methods of destruction despite seeming to be a cardboard box (See Addendum XXXX-B for details). All attempts at obstruction of the box’s opening have also proven ineffective (See Addendum XXXX-D for details).
Addendum XXXX-B: Termination Log:
██/██/199█: Use of flamethrower on SCP-XXXX was authorized. Flamethrower had no clear effect on SCP-XXXX.
██/██/199█: Attempts at mutilation of SCP-XXXX were approved. Despite seeming to be a cardboard box, not even scratches or dents were left on SCP-XXXX when using a variety of tools such as hammers, knifes, scissors, and a hydraulic press.
██/██/200█: Use of explosives was authorized. All attempts ended with the box showing no signs of damage.
██/██/200█: Permission to detonate a nuclear warhead at point blank range to SCP-XXXX was denied by Dr. ██████. Permission to drop SCP-XXXX from an aircraft was also denied by Dr. ██████.
Note: Seriously, who in the hell thought these were good ideas? Ideas are getting worse and worse, this project seems more pointless by each passing day. -Dr. ██████
██/██/200█: Permission to submerge SCP-XXXX into molten lava was granted. SCP-XXXX showed no signs of damage. Test was halted after SCP-XXXX-1 instance manifested (See Addendum XXXX-D for SCP-XXXX-1’s reaction to molten lava)
██/██/200█: Due to costs of the project, termination attempts on SCP-XXXX have been effectively halted until further notice.
Addendum XXXX-D: Obstruction Attempts:
1: Box was placed Upside-down. SCP-XXXX-1 instance opened up the underside of the box instead of the topside.
2: A variety of heavy objects were placed on top of SCP-XXXX, all of which SCP-XXXX-1 were able to push off in order to break loose.
3: SCP-XXXX was placed in a hole 5 meters underground, with the hole being filled with cement. SCP-XXXX-1 manifested and broke through the cement in roughly one hour.
4: As part of a termination test, SCP-XXXX was placed in molten lava. An instance of SCP-XXXX-1 formed, and was able to swim through the lava unscathed, despite it normally having an adverse reaction to fire and explosions.
5: Using explosives, SCP-XXXX-1 was able to be separated into smaller chunks, and said pieces were separated into different containment cells in hopes of reducing each clump’s individual threat, and rendering SCP-XXXX harmless. After roughly 30 minutes of dismantlement, SCP-XXXX-1 instance lost all anomalous properties and SCP-XXXX went into manifestation period once more.
6: Opening was taped shut. SCP-XXXX-1 manifestation broke through.
Audio log from Interview XXXX-1:
Interviewer: Dr. ██████
Interviewed: Captain █████, former commander of retrieval team ██████ █-█
Retrieval Incident #XXXX-1-A
<Begin Log>
██/██/199█, 4:32 PM ███ Time, Research Area ██
Dr. ██████: Could you describe your mission to me?
Capt. █████: Yeah, yeah. We had a chopper with my team and was just told to retrieve this thing. Weren’t told a damn thing about what it was. We saw the thing while walking to the south of our patrol path. It was inside of some type of run down barn.
Dr. ██████: And it became agitated once it spotted you?
Capt. █████: That’s putting it lightly. Thing picked up a table and threw it the window. Leaped through it like something out of Barnum and Bailey and ran at us.
Dr. ██████: When you opened fire, was there significant damage done to SCP-XXXX?
Capt. █████: Not even a little. Any time we shot out a piece of the thing, the little stick things regrouped like nothing ever happened.
Dr. ██████: How many rounds would you say you fired at SCP-XXXX?
Capt. █████: Gotta be a couple thousand at least. We kept shooting but it kept mowing through our guys.
Dr. ██████: So you authorized the use of an anti-tank gun?
Capt. █████: Yeah. Blew the thing to bits, but clumps of the little sticks made their way back together, and the thing was soon back at it again killing our guys.
Dr. ██████: Backup arrived after that?
Capt. █████: Yes, they came in with flamethrowers and melted the thing down. I thought we were supposed to contain the thing instead of kill it, but what the hell do I know? Afterwards we checked out the barn to see what was up, and… I… uh… found a creepy room with the box in there. Not sure what happened after that, I walked out. Didn’t want anything to do with this anymore.
Dr. ██████: Alright, I think that’s all I need for now. Thank you.
<End Log>
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