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SCP-5980

Item Number : SCP-5980

Object Class : Euclid

Special containment procedures :

1. The project needs to be kept in a locked room with sufficient lighting for 24 hours a day;
2. Need to install 1 to 2 24-hour infrared cameras in the room;
3. Room material: material density is not lower than the density of mercury at room temperature (24 ℃) (13.6 * 1000kg / m³ );
4. Internal volume parameters of the containment room:

• Length: 6m
• Width: 6m
• Height: 6m

*Special note : The ability of the subject will produce auditory hallucinations , and people affected by the auditory hallucinations will feel extremely uneasy. According to Dr. ███'s order, the Object's containment site must be selected within a 50m radius In an unoccupied place.

Description:

1. Object SCP-5980 is described as a classic-style grand piano with a tan-like color similar to logs. No manufacturing marks have been found on the exterior of the project. After chemical testing and identification, the Object has a history of ███ years;
2. After the X-ray irradiation inspection report, the project has exactly the same structure as the ordinary grand piano (including inside and outside);
3. SCP-5980 does not normally move by itself. According to the test results, this item cannot communicate with people, and has no intellectual characteristics. However, observations indicate that when the brightness of the lighting facilities in the containment room drops below a fixed level, the subject will play the keys by itself to produce another unknown creature SCP-5980-1 , which will control the subject to move together and destroy the surrounding light source;
4. The specific test illuminance value refers to the following experimental data:

Note : The following experimental facilities are artificially manufactured LED lamps

Test times	1	2	3	4	5
Light intensity (unit / lx)	500	400	300	200	100
Item Response	None	None	None	None	None
Number of trials	6	7	8	9	10
Light intensity (unit / lx)	50	30	36	35	1
Item response	None	Have	None	Have	Have

SCP-5980 Recovery Records

Commander : Dr. ███

Executor : "Phantom" Special Containment Force

<Begin Log, time: █ / █, 1992, 2:30 am>

Doctor : Report your position.

Captain Maxwell : 30 ° 34'N , 111 ° 15'E

Doctor : The target position.

Captain Maxwell : It is about 15m north.

Doctor : Captain, can you describe the appearance of the Object?

Captain Maxwell : Similar to the grand piano, there are currently no abnormalities.

Doctor : (surprised) piano? Oh, interesting. Keep going!

[After a while, the troops arrived 3m away from the project]

Captain Maxwell : Doctor, it is safe now, please instruct the next move.

Doctor : Ready to recycle!

Captain Maxwell : Yes . (Coming soon to the project) … Wait, there is movement. (Aiming the gun) Report the doctor, the Object has changed!

Doctor : Please speak.

Captain Maxwell : (Hesitating for a moment) It … started playing. Can you hear it?

Doctor : (for a moment) … I heard … Well, the beautiful melody is really interesting, just like a top pianist playing live.

[After about 3 minutes, SCP-5980 stops playing]

Doctor : The performance is over, it's time to recycle, let's start.

[silence]

Doctor : Captain, can you hear … Captain, please answer!

[silence]

Doctor : (whispering) What's going on … (turn around and start calling emergency mobilization)

Captain Maxwell : Doctor, please answer it if you receive it.

Doctor : (stopping the movement at hand) Fortunately, I thought you had an accident.

Captain Maxwell : No, nothing, just … I and my team members felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Doctor : Are you all right?

Captain Maxwell : We are fine and request the recycling project.

Doctor : Start recycling!

Captain Maxwell : Yes . The first team is to block the area; the second team is preparing to recycle the equipment, and the recycling will start after 5 minutes.

[After 4 minutes and 40 seconds]

Captain Maxwell : 20 seconds countdown, 19,18,17,16,15,14 … 5,4,3,2,1, start to return … (noisy)

Doctor : Captain, Captain, what happened? Please answer when received!

Captain Maxwell : (Rapid breathing) Dr. The situation has changed. We were attacked by unknown creatures (noisy noises). The enemy is unknown. The lighting equipment is destroyed. Now we rely on infrared cameras for observation.

[Screams and a series of gunfires came immediately]

Captain Maxwell : Casualty report, 2 troops died, 1 injured, the remaining 4 people who can perform the recovery task, request recovery. Repeat, request recycling!

Doctor : Recycle now!

Captain Maxwell : Yes.

<End Log, Time: █ / █, 1992, 2:49 AM¹>

Supplement :

For further experiments on SCP-5980, refer to the archive：

+SCP-5980-1 Experiment Log.

SCP-5980-1

Description:

1. SCP-5980-1 only appears when SCP-5980 (Pianist) plays;
2. SCP-5980-1 is a shadow-like creature. Since it can only move in places where the light intensity is below 35lx , observers have not been able to clearly distinguish its facial features so far;
3. Although it is impossible to distinguish the facial features of SCP-9800-1, the observer observed the outline of it through an infrared camera, which is about a black human body with a pair of hands that can be stretched arbitrarily, with sharp and long fingers;
4. SCP-5980-1 can be attached to any solid surface. After observation, it has almost no thickness, but it can affect objects;
5. SCP-5980-1 will change its speed and position according to the rhythm and pitch of SCP-5980.

According to Dr.███'s order, D-18731 was sent to the location where SCP-5980 was contained. The following is an experimental record of SCP-5980:

SCP-5980 Experiment Log

Commander: Dr.███

Executor: D-18731

<Begin Log, Time: █ / █, 1992, 9:45 AM>

Doctor : D-18731, now enter the containment room.

[D-18731 follows suit, the room door is closed]

Doctor : Touch the Object with your hands.

[D-18731 follows suit]

Doctor : Try to press the key.

[D-18731 followed suit, followed by a clear piano sound]

Doctor : Dimming the lighting equipment.

[The light in the room suddenly diminished, but nothing happened]

Doctor : Continue to reduce the brightness.

[The light in the room is weakened again, and the illuminance has dropped below 35lx … At this time, the sound of piano comes suddenly]

Doctor : D-18731, are you playing?

D-18731 : Doctor, I don't have that leisure.

Doctor : You only need to answer yes or no.

D-18731 : No.

[The piano sound gradually becomes clear and coherent, and becomes beautiful, after a while]

D-18731 : Oh, I'm a little uncomfortable, I'm going out.

Doctor : D-18731, please follow the order, otherwise you will die ugly.

D-18731：……

[After 2 minutes]

D-18731 : I'm really … very uncomfortable and chest tight … ( sighing heavily ) I … I'm so scared … what the hell. Hurry up, let me out soon!

Doctor : Follow orders.

D-18731 : ( gathering gasps) Hurry up! Faster! I am really scared! Let me out! (Began to pound the door violently and then slide to the floor)

[At this time, a dark shadow slowly emerges from the corner, like a person's shadow slowly approaching]

D-18731 : (surprised, panic) What is that? What the hell is that? Let me out, hurry (beat the door) let me out!

[Dark Shadow approached step by step with the rhythm of SCP-9800, extended a hand to the location of D-18731, and then almost instantly, the lighting in the room was destroyed]

D-18731 : (screaming) What's going on, I can't see anything, please, turn on the light.

Doctor : Turn on the infrared camera.

[Dim and blurry footage from the camera, D-18731 sitting on the ground, a dark shadow faintly attached to the ground]

D-18731 : Let me go out, please (crying) I'm so scared, really scared, I can't see anything.

Doctor : (To himself) It seems that this is the reason why the "Phantom" troops' lighting equipment is damaged.

[At this moment, the camera sees D-18731 sitting on the ground, breaking something on his neck with his hands, struggling frantically, and then everything returns to calm]

Doctor : D-18731, are you still there?

[silence]

Doctor : Answer me quickly!

[silence]

Doctor : Open the door, and be sure to light the room.

[The door was slowly opened, a strong beam of light entered the room, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and the shadow disappeared, leaving only D-18731 sitting in the house]

Security Officer : Doctor, he is dead, it looks … there is a deep mark on his neck, like a pair of big hands pinching his throat

Doctor : (Silence) I know, deal with the body.

<End Log, Time: █ / █, 1992, 10:05 AM>

Process for the recovery of SCP-5980, a reference file:

+SCP-5980-Recycle Recycling Record.

SCP-5980 Recovery Process

Recovering Field Commander²:Captain Maxwell

Executor : "Phantom" Special Containment Force

<Begin Log, time: █, █, 1992, 2:42 am³>

Captain Maxwell : Shit! Everyone, status report.

███ : Sir, I was slightly injured.

███ : No problem, I can move.

███ : Damn, it hurts me, go on.

███ : I'm fine.

███ : No injuries.

Captain Maxwell : ███, report your status … ███! Please answer when received.

███ : Report, I found ███.

Captain Maxwell : What about others?

███ : He … is dead.

[A moment of silence]

Captain Maxwell : Cheer up everyone, look for goals.

███ : Ah! I * fuck, get hit, get hit! Request support!

[Screaming, a series of gunshots]

Captain Maxwell : Report your position.

███ : I am at the *** (noisy)

Captain Maxwell : What, please repeat, I ca n’t hear you.

███ : At the *** … Ah! (Noisy) Please … please … support.

Captain Maxwell : What happened?

███ : Ah! Sound, sound.

Captain Maxwell : What voice?

███ : The sound of the piano, the sound of the piano, there are monsters, ah! (Screaming)

Captain Maxwell : Casualty report, 2 troops died, 1 injured, the remaining 4 people who can perform the recovery task, request recovery. Repeat, request recycling!

[moment]

Captain Maxwell : Receive the order and take it back immediately! ███, ███, turn on the backup power in the compartment and turn on the emergency searchlight!

[In a moment, the light is turned on, the piano sound disappears immediately, and the confusion stops]

Captain Maxwell : Is it over … Transport the item into the car and immediately return to the Foundation.

<End Log, Time: █ / █, 1992, 2:53 AM⁴>

Footnotes

1. The actual recovery end time is 2:53 a.m., see SCP-5980-Recycle Recycling Record

2. This is marked as a recycling site In fact the whole person as commander in chief, Dr. ███

3. The time here is calculated from the time of the attack, and the actual start time is 2:30 a.m.

4. This time is the actual end time of recycling