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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Threat Level:Black

Special Containment Procedures: SPCXXX is stored in reliquary area [DATA EXPUNGED] and is located 1000M below sea level. XXX is kept in a 10 M x 10 M x 10 M air tight steel room, with 2 automated strip lights installed in the ceiling along with various sensors. The room is secured by 3 layers of 10 inch thick secure Class A containment gates weighing ***kg and composing of concrete and steel. Aside from the entrance, the whole of the containment chamber is encased entirely in 20 inch thick concrete. On either side of the outermost containment gate are 5 05 security clearance key-card holders.

XXX stands in the center of the room, upon a rectangular steel pedestal measuring 1 m in height and which encases one of the two thermonuclear devices located in reliquary area [DATA EXPUNGED].

No personnel may attempt to access SCP XXX. Any attempt to do so will lead to immediate termination.

Description: SCP XXX is an hourglass containing the ashes of every human, living, deceased and yet to exist.

The ashes in the top half of XXX are the ashes of all humans yet to exist and those currently alive. The ashes in the bottom half are the ashes of all humans that have died.

The hourglass was procured by the foundation on the [REDACTED]from [REDACTED].

How the foundation came to learn of XXX and its properties is unknown.

The amount of ash left in the top half of XXX and thus time left for the human race is unknown All D class- subjects exposed to the hour glass have since been terminated in order to prevent this information being revealed and all researchers who have seen XXX [and the initial retrieval squad] were administered with a class C amnestic, after writing reports which have been censored of all reference to the amount of ash in the upper and lower parts of the hourglass. When XXX was under research no recording devices were allowed under threat of termination and no digital footage or artistic representation exists. All but the most senior researchers were administered with class C amnestic targeting all memory of SCP XXX following the end of research, as mandated by the 05 council.

Accessing XXX

In order for the containment gates to open, each of the 10 key-card holders must be inserted with an 05 key-card, within 30 seconds of the initial key-card being inserted. If this does not occur then the thermonuclear device located within the room will be detonated immediately, followed by the thermonuclear device located at the sole entrance to reliquary area [DATA EXPUNGED], lethal nerve agent will also be deployed throughout the whole of area [DATA EXPUNGED] through the ventilation system and all doors will be automatically closed. If 10 key-cards are inserted within the time limit the gates will open and will only shut when all 05 key-cards are retracted. When the gate is closed any change in the environment (picked up by sensors in the room) will lead to the previously described failsafe being implemented with immediate effect.

In all cases of key-card activation and/or failsafe implementation all non class A personnel at area XXX will be terminated via explosive chips inserted into cranium of all personnel located at area [DATA EXPUNGED]

Terminating XXX

Alternatively, if after a 30 second period from the initial key-card activation 5 to 9 05 key-cards are inserted the 2 thermonuclear devices located in area [DATA EXPUNGED]will start a countdown of 20 minutes after which they will be deployed, along with the lethal nerve agent and the automated shutting of all doors. This will provide all key-card holders ample time to evacuate area [DATA EXPUNGED] before destruction.

Threat Potential and Proposed Scenarios

SCP XXX is deemed a severe threat by the foundation due to its hypothetical potential to bring about multiple K class scenarios

K class scenarios

It is hypothesized that if the hourglass is turned over all current human life would be wiped out and replaced by previously deceased humans, including long dead ancestors. This would lead to famine,technological collapse and the release of SCP’s on a massive scale following the inevitable collapse of the foundation following the death of all personnel. This in itself would lead to further k class scenarios and the probable extinction of humanity.

Another postulation by researchers that in the event of XXX being turned over the deceased may reanimate into our world in anomalous form, resembling the traditional ghost or other instances of anomalous reanimation, possibly leading to a K class scenario.

LK class scenario

It has also been hypothesized that in the case of the hour glass being turned over it has the possibility to resurrect pre homo sapien species other close relatives. This could result in a LK class scenario in which the remaining homo sapiens are overthrown by closely related species, such as SCP 1000’s species.

Immortality theory

Researchers have also speculated that turning XXX on its side or otherwise stopping the flow of ash could lead to immortality for humanity. Many researchers have pressed for this course of action but have been denied conclusively by the 05 council and ethics board. Former head scientist of research into XXX, Dr [Expunged] was terminated following attempts to put XXX on its side. Following this incident all research and contact with SCP XXX was temporarily halted and new containment procedures implemented..

Foundation induced XK class scenario

It has been theorised that XXX will prompt a foundation run extermination of the human species. Proponents of this theory hold that if the foundation discovers that the extinction of the human race is imminent it may launch an extermination of all humans in order to prevent extermination by anomalous forces.

[[Additional Notes]]
//All research of SCP XXX was halted on 20/04/2020, as mandated by the 05 council following the recovery of archive 5000-1, after which it was relocated to reliquary area [DATA EXPUNGED] and current containment procedures were implemented. //

Any further research or access to XXX is prohibited under threat of termination.

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