SCP-XXXX

SCP-XXXX, prior to containment

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

*Threat Level:** ● Orange

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained at Biological Containment Site-103 in a 10m x 13m x 10m glass container, placed inside a larger room.

Every day, instances of SCP-XXXX taller than seven meters must be cut by at least one Class-D Personnel escorted by no less than two security guards, and remnants must immediately be put in a vat of boiling water.
In addition to this, the ground in SCP-XXXX's container must be misted every week.

If an instance of SCP-XXXX is spotted outside its container, all personnel in the area must be temporarily evacuated and an on-site senior guard must place a temporary glass containment dome over the instance and Mobile Task Force Theta-4 ("Gardeners") is to arrive at the facility and remove the offending SCP-XXXX instance/s and place it in its container (or inside a vat of boiling water) and the container to SCP-XXXX is to be thoroughly checked for any cracks or holes and have them repaired immediately.

If any personnel smell of mint, they must be thoroughly inspected for any cavity and have any located instance of SCP-XXXX surgically removed and immediately placed in a vat of boiling water.

If an instance of SCP-XXXX-1 is located, on-site personnel are to restrain the subject and have SCP-XXXX surgically removed from them, and then placed into a vat of boiling water or in its container.
SCP-XXXX-1 is authorised to be terminated if hostile to personnel. As of Incident XXXX-A, instances of SCP-XXXX-1 is, under no circumstances, allowed to be terminated.

Description: SCP-XXXX appears to be a form of common spearmint.¹
SCP-XXXX can grow rapidly (approximately one centimeter a minute) and can spread through any non-transparent surface, and has shown to grow over 30 meters tall.

Testing to determine if SCP-XXXX is sentient has shown to be inconclusive.

When SCP-XXXX comes into contact with an object that:

• is organic
• is sentient, and
• is alive

SCP-XXXX will rapidly increase in growth, piercing into the body of any object that meets the following criteria, and detach itself from the host. 80% of all Class-D Subjects² have reported feeling no pain when that occurs and only express a slight discomfort. For the 10% that do feel pain, the amnestic effect does not take place either. Approximately thirty minutes after contact with SCP-XXXX, subject will begin to experience severe cramping in the area nearest to where contact was established. Analysis confirmed that SCP-XXXX has completely covered the organ in question. Approximately three hours later, subjects will no longer respond to external stimuli and two minutes later, will turn into an instance of SCP-XXXX-1. In 80% of these cases, SCP-XXXX will seemingly insert a compound similar to intravenous Class-A amnestics.
SCP-XXXX-1 is the designation for any organic, living subject that has had SCP-XXXX growing inside of them. SCP-XXXX-1 shows to rapidly be able to plant instances of SCP-XXXX by skin-to-surface contact. In addition to this, instances of SCP-XXXX-1 will rapidly decompose and, if subject expires, will instantly turn into a patch of SCP-XXXX.
SCP-XXXX-1 has shown to behave like unaffected humans, a difference being they are not able (or not willing) to speak.

Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 has shown to be 100% more fragile than non-anomalous humanoids, allowing them to be terminated very easily.

When introduced to boiling water, the effects of SCP-XXXX will be neutralised and will instantly turn into non-anomalous spearmint.

Addendum XXXX-Alpha: Incident XXXX-2███-B.
On 05/14/20██, SCP-2███ breached containment. During the containment breach of SCP-2███, a small portion of the glass in SCP-XXXX's container has been cracked, and SCP-XXXX has taken over adjacent rooms and hallways, leading into eighteen personnel converted into SCP-XXXX-1.

Addendum XXXX-Beta: Experiment Log

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Test Conductor and Date	Object/s used	Results	Notes
Dr. Igor █████████, 02/11/20██	SCP-XXXX, a non-clear glass panel	SCP-XXXX has grown and rooted into the panel. Panel destroyed and promptly placed into a vat of boiling water.	None.
Dr. Igor █████████, 02/12/20██	SCP-XXXX, a clear glass panel (fogged up by Dr. █████████)	SCP-XXXX introduced to fogged glass panel. Showing to grow and root inside, Dr. █████████ has wiped the fog off the panel when SCP-XXXX promptly removed its contents from the glass panel.	It seems like SCP-XXXX can "detect" whether or not an object is transparent.
Researcher Jacob ███o████, 2/17/20██	SCP-XXXX, non-anomalous spearmint	Spearmint introduced to SCP-XXXX containment chamber. One instance of SCP-XXXX has attached to the spearmint, and one minute later, the spearmint has been removed from the ground and placed on the strand of SCP-XXXX. At that point, SCP-XXXX has grown over the four meter line and two Class-D personnel were assigned and had the instance trimmed following standard procedure.	None.
Dr. Igor █████████, 02/19/20██	A single strain of SCP-XXXX placed in a glass box, two buttons, one with the word "Yes" on it and the other one with "No" on it, a piece of paper reading "Are you alive?"	SCP-XXXX starts to reach towards the "Yes" button, growth has noted to stop for approximately fifteen seconds, and then SCP-XXXX has taken over the button. It then does the same for the "No" button	While testing for SCP-XXXX to be sentient has shown to be inconclusive, seeing how it stopped growing for a bit after reaching the "Yes" button, I think I'm on to something. -Dr. Igor █████████
Researcher Jacob ███o████, 02/26/20██	SCP-XXXX, one non-anomalous banana of the Musa genus	Banana introduced to SCP-XXXX's containment chamber. One strand of SCP-XXXX pierces banana, then detaches. One D-Class personnel (designated D-67182) was instructed to retrieve the banana and place it in boiling water. Upon peeling the banana, no signs of the fruit besides the peel has been found and it has been replaced by Mentha Spicata.	None.
<Unknown>, 03/██/20██	SCP-XXXX, a two liter bottle of distilled water	Subject spilled all of the bottle's contents into SCP-XXXX's container [DATA EXPUNGED], causing its containment chamber to shatter. Instances of SCP-XXXX have rapidly grown around the entire containment room as well as the adjacent rooms and hallways, resulting in the conversion of over 2█ personnel into instances of SCP-XXXX-1. MTF Theta-4 has terminated three instances of SCP-XXXX-1, all of them growing SCP-XXXX instantaneously in their area of death. After these events transpired, MTF ϴ-4 has escorted all personnel out of the area of effect, and the rest of the SCP-XXXX-1 instances have been brought to the medical wing of Site-66 to surgically remove the offending SCP-XXXX and have managed to successfully recontain SCP-XXXX in a temporary containment chamber until a new one was constructed.	Logged as Incident XXXX-A. The identity of the test conductor is unknown, and all attempts to locate them have failed. Containment procedures have been updated to discourage personnel from inflicting damage upon SCP-XXXX-1 instances.

Note: All further testing has been suspended indefinitely.

Addendum XXXX-Gamma: Discovery and Containment of SCP-XXXX.
11/08/200█, 1511 hours During a routine expedition in Ghost Site 812243³, MTF Theta-4 had come across a 32-meter tall strand of spearmint (now designated SCP-XXXX.) Approaching the strand, it has shown to have almost (windows and glass containers were seemingly untouched) completely taken over a building⁴ MTF ϴ-7 were able to dig up and trim most of the SCP-XXXX instances and were all placed in temporary miniature containers (plastic.) This process has been done for approximately two hours until all instances have been captured and transferred back to Site-66.

Footnotes

1. DNA analysis has revealed that SCP-XXXX is completely similar to the genus Mentha Spicata Spicata.

2. Statistics were taken from 8/10 Class-D personnel during tests.

3. The designation for locations with a scarce population, potentially hosting anomalous objects. The aforementioned area located near Eureka, UT.

4. Later found to have been a botanics store by the name "Clarkson and Son's Botanics". No records of any store in Eureka by that name have ever been found, and when any civilians who had once lived near Ghost Site 812243 were questioned about the store, they had confirmed no store by that name had ever existed.