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SCP-XXXX being performed live
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation media crawlers have been disseminated to search for possible occurrences of SCP-XXXX. If found, the nearest available personnel will be alerted and necessary information and materials for containing the incident will be provided if necessary. Teams dispatched in this way generally only require one person unless a significant amount of time has passed.
When an incident is confirmed, personnel are instructed to seek out those affected and activate the countermeme. Light amnestic use is authorized and advised in containing SCP-XXXX. If, for some reason, this approach fails, use of force in containing those affected is authorized, and in the most severe cases (usually 15 to 20 days after original occurrence), lethal force may be authorized.
The materials necessary in containing an occurrence of SCP-XXXX are:
1. A device capable of producing sound (eg, a speaker or headset), and
2. Any copy of the song Fruit Salad by The Wiggles, or a copy of the lyrics to said song.
Usually, a personal cell phone with internet capabilities will suffice. In some situations, personnel may be required to sing the song aloud.
Description: SCP-XXXX refers to the memetic hazard inherent to the song Fruit Salad by The Wiggles and its related countermeme. Specifically, the hazard exists within the chorus of the song and is repeated 14 times as the phrase "fruit salad." The effects will generally begin to manifest in those who hear the phrase within several minutes.
The development of these effects takes place over a period of 30 to 35 days in total. It begins as a "slight craving" for fruit salad, regardless of whether the subject had ever eaten or enjoyed fruit salad beforehand. The preferred ingredients are those specifically mentioned within the song: grapes, bananas, melon (type varies), and apples. Following initial occurrence to approximately 2 hours later, this effect will spread to any noun the subject hears or believes they have heard; that is, any noun heard within this period is added to the "list" of things which the subject feels a craving to eat. This includes objects and materials which are otherwise unpleasant, harmful, or impossible to consume, such as "skin," "house," or "the universe." It may also include proper nouns, but does not include pronouns.
Following this initial period, nouns are no longer added to this "list." Instead, from 2 hours to approximately 7 days, the subject will seek out and attempt to consume the objects, but will not do so if it poses a risk to their health or is otherwise seen as inappropriate. For example, an affected person who had heard the word "house" within the initial two hours would not attempt to eat a house during this period. Following a week from initial occurrence, subjects will attempt to eat things which pose significant risks to themselves or others around them.
At 10 to 15 days from initial occurrence, the subject will refuse to eat anything other than the objects on their "list," and fruit salad seems to be removed from the "list" unless no other nouns have been added. The subject will become desperate, often violent or self-harming in an attempt to acquire what they wish to consume. If they succeed in acquiring the objects, they will invariably also succeed in consuming the object, often through anomalous means.
If the subject is still alive following 15 to 20 days, they will begin to exponentially accumulate muscle mass and an anomalous amount of strength. The subject's skin will often change to a blue-grey hue. At this stage, the subject becomes extremely violent and will attempt to destroy anything that prevents it from consuming the objects on their "list." Muscle mass will continue to accumulate until 30 to 35 days after the initial occurrence, at which point growth ceases, marking the end of the effects of SCP-XXXX. Past this point, the countermeme becomes ineffective and there is no known way of reverting a subject to their original state or to previous stages.
The countermeme to SCP-XXXX is also inherent to Fruit Salad and exists as the phrase "yummy, yummy." Similarly, it is repeated 14 times throughout the song due to the "call-and-response" nature of the piece. In all stages except the last of SCP-XXXX occurrence, this countermeme will effectively neutralize SCP-XXXX's anomalous effects, ceasing all cravings and attempts to consume objects which are otherwise not consumable. Accumulated muscle mass is not removed, but anomalous growth ceases.
SCP-XXXX is effectively self-containing, as the only cases in which the meme will not be immediately neutralized are those in which the subject does not listen to a specific portion of the chorus of the song.
Of note is that both the meme and countermeme must be heard in the form of the song by The Wiggles in order for either to take effect. This is the only such restriction, as any methods of producing SCP-XXXX this way will produce the effects, and in fact the song does not even need to be sung by The Wiggles themselves.
History: SCP-XXXX was first discovered by Researcher Stacy Isolde during her maternity leave in 2014, and was given classification after being confirmed shortly thereafter. Below is a transcription of an interview regarding this initial incident.
Interview XXXX-A
Participants: Dr Stacy Isolde, Dr Robert Hughes (Site 73 Psychological Specialist)
Date: June 19th, 2014
<Begin Log>
Hughes: Hello Stacy, nice to see you again. How're John and Albert?
Isolde: Oh, they're doing fine now, thanks for asking. Should we just get the interview started?
Hughes: Right, I'm sure this is a difficult topic for you, considering…
[Dr Hughes clears his throat and adjusts himself in his seat.]
Hughes: Well, I'll guess I'll just start with the main question. How did you discover SCP-XXXX?
Isolde: It was a little after Al was born, I think a month? But either way, I had just put him to bed for the night. And sometimes before bed I like to put old Wiggles DVDs on for him. He likes the colors and dancing. [She gives a small laugh.] Anyways, right as I came back, that damn fruit salad song that would always get stuck in your head was on, so I turned it off, and it happened to be right in the middle of the chorus, and now we know what that means, so, yeah.
Hughes: Did you feel the effects immediately?
Isolde: Yeah, well, it took a few minutes. Then I started really wanting fruit salad, but I thought that was just, y'know, some psychological thing about just having heard it repeated 10 times. So I made some with what I had in the house - it didn't really scratch the itch, though. While I'm eating, I get a call from John, my husband, who's heading back from work. The first thing he says is, um… 'hey, honey, how's Albert doing?' I think. Something with 'honey' and 'Albert' in it.
[Isolde coughs into her hand and takes a breath before continuing.]
Isolde: I get this craving right then for honey, so I ask him to pick some up on the way home. He says he's in traffic, so he hangs up. That's when I first felt something off. I found myself going into Albert's room and I… I just stood there, looking, above his crib. I don't know what I was thinking then, I-I must have repressed it.
[Isolde becomes visibly upset. Her voice begins to waver.]
Isolde: When-when John got home, it must have been a few hours later, he comes back with the honey. But I'm still in Al's room, staring at him. He finds me and asks what I'm doing, and hands me the honey. Immediately, I opened the bottle and started eating it. As much as I could. I must have emptied the bottle right there, and John just looks at me in disbelief. I never stopped staring at Al, and - God, I remember one thing I thought right then.
[Isolde clasps her face into her hands and rests her elbows on her knees. There's a short period of silence before Isolde sniffles and begins speaking again.]
Isolde: I thought… I thought, 'Wouldn't Al taste good with honey?'
<End Log>
After this discovery, current containment procedures were enacted. One other instance of SCP-XXXX occurring was immediately discovered: an unaired episode of the television series Freaky Eaters in which the subject of the episode became extremely violent after they were unable to find any remaining fruit salad within their household. Subject was fortunately apprehended shortly after and, by coincidence, managed to hear the countermeme playing from within the county jail they'd been relocated to. In addition, a copy of the album Yummy Yummy by The Wiggles that had been received by foundation personnel mailboxes in May 2008 was found to include an altered version of Fruit Salad which contained no instances of the countermeme. This copy had included a sticky note on the inside cover that read, "do ya like jazz?" which possibly implicates an anartist group in the creation of the meme. Before discovery of SCP-XXXX, the CD had been left in low-level containment and has since been destroyed.
A single testing log has been included in order to fully represent the effects of SCP-XXXX.
Testing Log XXXX-1
Date: 10-13-2016
Procedure: A single D-class personnel was presented with SCP-XXXX without the countermeme and monitored over a period of 40 days in isolated confinement.
<Begin Log>
Day 1: Subject functions normally for majority of the day. Occasionally requests fruit salad with increasing frequency.
Day 9: Subject repeatedly requests fruit salad. Barely consumes any of his standard allotted rations throughout the day.
Day 13: Subject refuses to eat normally allotted rations. Security personnel must enter the room and forcefully feed him. Subject screams several times throughout the day for fruit salad.
Day 17: Subject begins slamming his head against the door to the point of drawing blood. Repeatedly exclaims for fruit salad, especially when being fed.
Day 20: Muscle mass accumulation begins. Subject ceases to say anything other than "fruit salad." Subject no longer sleeps at night, instead stares directly into surveillance camera for 8 hours every night.
Day 24: Subject manages to escape by resisting Security personnel during feeding. Countermeme distributed via Site-wide loudspeaker system. Subject shortly apprehended; muscle mass accumulation ceases.
<End Log>
Special Containment Procedures: All property within a 300-meter radius of the center of the anomaly are currently under Foundation control. A facility has been constructed around the anomaly under the guise of a chemical manufacturing plant. Security personnel are to be posted outside each entrance of this facility and the building is to be placed under constant video surveillance.
As the anomaly expands, the area and height of the building may be extended as needed. If and when the anomaly reaches within 5 meters of the wall facing the street, construction of an alternative route around the facility is authorized. This process may be repeated until either the anomaly is neutralized or until containment is no longer necessary or possible.
Neutralization of the anomaly is of priority, but estimates place failure of feasible containment procedures occurring at approximately 4:56 PM, February 19th, 2065. As such, Foundation assets have been allocated to concerns deemed more pressing.
Current operations regarding SCP-XXXX reside under control of Researcher Dr. Ace Gaoler.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a spatial and temporal anomaly centered within what used to be the living room of a house in Tombstone, Arizona. To observers outside of the anomaly, it appears as a static cloud of debris caused by an explosion. In reality, the “surface” of the explosion is constantly expanding from the center at a nearly imperceptible rate (currently approximately 1.03 m/year based on best estimates). The expansion does not appear to spread downwards, but otherwise occurs in equal rates in all directions. It is anchored at what is believed to be the origin point of the explosion.
Objects which pass through the surface of the explosion never leave its area may pass through the anomaly after an elongated period of time (see Addendum A). A majority of the house (around 200 meters from the center) has already been incorporated into the anomaly. The rest of the house has been removed in order to prevent further incorporation of non-anomalous material.
Significant tests conducted upon SCP-XXXX can be found in Addendum A.
History: SCP-XXXX was first observed on April 16th, 1922. Various residents of Tombstone, Arizona reported a noise characteristic of an explosion originating from the household of J███ and M███ Anderson. J███ was a retired copper miner, so it was first assumed he had accidentally set off explosive charges he may have kept. Police of the area arrived at the household to find the anomaly already having incorporated around 100 meters of the house, with neither of the Andersons ever being found. Foundation personnel were alerted to its existence after numerous police officers entered the radius of the anomaly and did not return, drawing attention of local newspapers. The anomaly was shortly thereafter contained, current containment procedures were created, and amnestics were distributed to the local population.
Researcher Dr. B███ was assigned as head of current operations regarding SCP-XXXX until his death in 1986, at which point operations were passed from various researchers until 2005, when Dr. Gaoler was appointed.
The expansion of the anomaly was not discovered until two years into its containment. Since then, SCP-XXXX has grown well past the boundaries of a non-anomalous mining charge explosion. It has shown no signs of any change in its expansion rate, and no known methods have resulted in significant change. This indicates that the anomaly will continue to expand, perhaps even indefinitely, if no countermeasures are enacted.
Only significant testing logs have been included. For a full list of testing logs, please view Document XXXX-T1.
Log 1
Date: 04-22-1922
Procedure: Initial test of SCP-XXXX following classification. Dr. B███ tossed several items into the area of the anomaly’s effect from various angles, including: a pen, a baseball, a ham sandwich, and a fire-proof pocket watch. He also instructs a security personnel to fire a sidearm once into the anomaly.
Results: After being thrown into the anomaly, the items froze in place for several minutes before disappearing. Some of the items were seen at different points inside of the anomalous area, appearing either static or moving infinitesimally slowly. None of the objects exited the anomaly. (See Log 144)
Research Notes: Well, I guess I won’t be having lunch today. - Dr. B███
Log 15
Date: 10-15-1925
Procedure: First test following documentation of expanding effect. Dr. B███ instructed a D-Class personnel to insert his hand into the area of the anomaly and describe what they felt. Events were transcribed by a lower-level assistant and are presented below.
<Begin Transcription>
B███: Okay, D-022213, if you could please put your hand into that cloud of debris for me, and keep it inside for as long as you can.
D-022213: Er, alright, I guess. Is this some sort of weird illusion? How is this set up?
B████: Please, follow instructions and do not ask questions. Do as you are told and everything should be fine.
[D-022213 sighs and inserts his hand. His face turns white and he falls back. His arm is severed and appears briefly in the spot where it had been inserted before disappearing. From where his arm was attached to his body, blood pools onto the ground. He is immediately escorted out of the building by security personnel.]
B███: Yep, I expected as much.
<End of Transcription>
Research Notes: I don’t think there’s much we can do right now. The explosion’s not gonna get too out of hand for another hundred-and-forty-something years they tell me, so we should have enough time to figure something out by then. Regardless, this should be reclassified and given some priority. -Dr. B███
No significant testing occurred between 10-15-1925 and 06-22-2005
Log 144
Date: 06-22-2005
Procedure: First test conducted after Dr. Gaoler was appointed head of operations. Originally standard protocol test similar to Log 1, but a significant event occurred during testing. Video transcription is below.
<Begin Transcription>
[Dr. Gaoler tosses a small piece of metal into the anomaly. It behaves as expected. Shortly after, while taking notes, Gaoler is struck in the stomach by a flying pen. He exclaims and lurches over in pain. He approaches the camera and begins speaking.]
Gaoler: I don’t know what just happened, but, oh -
[Gaoler runs off-screen for a moment and returns holding the pen. He looks bewildered.]
Gaoler: This pen, it’s what just hit me. It came out of XXXX, I think, and it’s still warm, and - holy shit. This, this is B███’s pen. It has his fucking name on it, a little scorched, but it’s fucking there! Look.
[Gaoler holds the pen to the camera, and on it B███’s name is barely legible amidst burn marks.]
Gaoler: I, I think I need to reassess what’s going on here. We’ve only got 60 years now and it’s probably worth looking into every angle to stop -
[Gaoler is interrupted as something hits him in the back of the leg. He exclaims in pain again and falls to the floor just below screen. Security personnel rush in to help, but before he is taken away Gaoler manages to face the camera again.]
Gaoler: I think the security from 19-fucking-22 just shot me!
[Shortly after Gaoler is escorted out of the room, a baseball manifests mid-air, hits against a wall, and bounces back into the anomaly. A silver pocket watch also falls from above.]
<End of Transcription>
Research Notes: There’s definitely a lot to unpack here. Where did the items go, and why did they come back? Through what mechanism are they returning? We may finally have a breakthrough. - Dr. Gaoler
Log 145
Date: 06-25-2005
Procedure: Dr. Gaoler inserts an explosive-resistant camera equipped with real-time transmission and an anomalously extended battery life into SCP-XXXX's area of effect.
Results: After the camera was inserted, transmission lasted slightly longer than 4 minutes before stopping completely. The video received was incredibly sped up compared to its previous transmissions. A transcription of the video received (when slowed to a watchable timescale) is below.
<Begin Transcription>
Gaoler: Let's see if this works, little buddy.
[The camera falls to the ground, roughly 5 feet below where it was inserted. As it falls, the cloud of debris quickly encompasses the camera's field of view and the explosion appears to continue as it would in real-time. After several minutes (fractions of a second in the actual transmission), the explosion and debris cloud have completely dissipated. The camera lies on orange soil and faces the direction of what would be the road outside of the anomaly, but there are no signs of a road in sight of the camera. In the very far distance, the cloud of debris continues expanding rapidly before it extends below the horizon. Of note is that the sky appears to be tinted red-gray. The recording continues uneventfully for 3 hours before the camera enters power-saving mode, ceasing transmission until a significant change occurs. After 4 minutes would have passed outside of the anomaly's area of effect, the camera restarts. It is still lying in open desert, seemingly unmoved. A voice can be heard, which has been determined to match that of Dr. Gaoler, though much rougher in tone.]
Gaoler(?): [Laughs] I found it after all this time!
[Gaoler(?) enters the field of view of the camera and picks it up. The face confirms that the voice belonged to a version of Gaoler, though this one looks much older, with scarring across the face and graying hair. He is also wearing heavy survival gear and a very large hitchhiker's backpack. Gaoler smiles when he picks up the camera before noticing it's on very low power mode and frowning.]
Gaoler(?): Fuck. Fuck! I-I was too late! I'll always be too fucking late! [He sighs.] God help you all. You need to stop SCP-XXX-
[Gaoler(?) is cut off as the video transmission ends due to the battery of the camera finally dying.]
<End of Transcription>
Researcher Notes: To say this was unsettling would be an extreme understatement. Action MUST be taken to prevent the further expansion of SCP-XXXX. Whatever we saw cannot be allowed to pass. I'm going to make an appeal to higher personnel. We NEED to reallocate our resources. Why the fuck is this still Euclid? - Dr Gaoler
Since containment, SCP-XXXX has been the subject of many appeals. Listed below are significant appeals made to the O-5 council. To view all of such attempts, please view Document XXXX-T2.
Appeal XXXX-1
Filed by: Dr. B████
Date filed: 10-16-1925
Subject: Reclassification
Content: If it would please the O-5 council, I think it would probably be appropriate if we reclassified SCP-XXXX as Keter. The fact that it's expanding means it serves a great risk not only in protecting the "veil" but in protecting the world at large, possibly the universe if it continues unchecked for long enough. Please consider this a formal request.
Response: Denied. Anomaly is expanding at a rate too slow to be considered dangerous to the world at large.
Appeal XXXX-12
Filed by: Dr. B████
Date filed: 10-27-1938
Subject: Reclassification
Content: It's still getting bigger, guys. Nothing that enters ever comes out. For fuck's sake, this is an obvious threat. Keter.
Response: Denied. The anomaly still exists within an only 113.5 meter radius and is still easily containable. Use the resources allocated to you to prevent the failure of its containment.
Appeal XXXX-57
Filed by: Dr. Q███████ [Then-appointed head researcher of SCP-XXXX]
Date filed: 05-17-1967
Subject: Reclassification
Content: Formal request of item to be reclassified to Keter and for allocation of more resources to prevent a possible XK-Class End-of-the-World Scenario. Expansion of anomaly remains unhindered. No sign of stopping. Nothing returns.
Response: Denied. Anomaly is still within acceptable limits before being classified Keter. Please take the time to reassess how you are using your current resources, they should be more than enough.
Appeal XXXX-134
Filed by: Dr. T█████ [Then-appointed head researcher of SCP-XXXX]
Date filed: 12-23-1999
Subject: Reclassification
Content: It's almost the new millennium and this thing still sin't [sic] fucking Keter? I'm supposed to be on Christmas leave not filing god damn appeals. Get your heads out of your asses and fucking do something.
Response: Denied. Anomaly is still within acceptable parameters. You will refrain from such an unprofessional attitude or further appeals will be ignored and your employment will be reconsidered. Watch your tone.
Appeal XXXX-233
Filed by: Dr. Ace Gaoler
Date filed: 04-11-2015
Subject: Reclassification
Content: The anomaly's area of effect is still getting larger. It shows no sign of stopping or even slowing down any time soon. This is almost my 100th appeal since I began working with SCP-XXXX, please, PLEASE listen. This is a very dangerous anomaly that will almost CERTAINLY cause an XK-Class event if we don't do anything. I formally request reclassification of the object from Euclid to Keter, as well as of its Disruption class to Amida and its Risk class to Critical. We only have 50 more years of this.
Response: Denied. The Anomaly is still within acceptable parameters. Dr. Gaoler, we acknowledge how the results of 2005's video transmission must have affected you personally. But many of our precognitive anomalies predict us outlasting this supposed "50 years," and many predict we won't even make it that far. A lot of them have been wrong. You have no way of knowing whether this anomaly will cease its expansion within 50 years. We will grant you reclassification of its Disruption and Risk classes from Vlam and Warning to Ekhi and Danger, respectively, as the use of this new classification system is still in its early stages. We will not, however, reclassify it from Euclid to Keter, and we have ascertained that the current resources allotted to you should be more than enough. We hope the next appeal we receive on this topic is to reclassify it from "Euclid" to "Neutralized."
Appeal XXXX-243
Filed by: Dr. Ace Gaoler
Date filed: 02-19-2020
Subject: Reclassification
Content: 45 years until it all hits the fan. I really hope you will reconsider. It may already be too late.
Response: Pending.
A sample of SCP-XXXX
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation counterintelligence measures have been enacted to prevent the public from discovering the existence of SCP-XXXX. Any research into the area surrounding its existence is to be monitored heavily and, if the object is discovered, amnestic use is authorized. Current public opinion of the phenomenon behind the existence of SCP-XXXX is that it is no more than a coincidence.
A sample of SCP-XXXX is to be held in cold storage at each available Site. This sample may be used in any way seen fit for experimentation. The sample is to be eaten and replaced any time before it reaches its listed expiration date so long as another sample can be procured.
Any and all communications with SCP-XXXX are to be documented. Questions pertaining to groups or persons of interest are currently approved, though the object has displayed some moral obligation to withhold such information.
A proposal to include the necessary ingredients for creating SCP-XXXX in emergency gear as a means of one-way communication with Foundation personnel is pending review. Foundation personnel are advised to continue to consume SCP-XXXX at their own discretion and to not discuss classified information when in the presence of the object.
Description: SCP-XXXX is the designation given to the product of hydrolyzed collagen when mixed with water, heated, and then re-cooled, otherwise known as gelatin or more commonly by the brand name Jell-O.
When given an electroencephalogram (EEG), SCP-XXXX produces results which are virtually indistinguishable from that of a living human. Before communication was established, these results tended to be dulled heavily, equivalent to that of someone who is comatose. This phenomenon indicates the generation of brainwaves functionally similar to that of a human’s, resulting in the conscious entity that serves as a “hive mind” to all instances of SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX displays no autonomous mobility but can feel the sensations of heat, pressure, and vibration. Using the vibration of sound waves throughout the air, it has been able to gain a basic grasp on human language, and is most fluent in English and French.
When placed under extreme heat and pressure, or any other conditions which might destabilize the chemical bonds within a sample, SCP-XXXX has indicated that it feels great pain, up until the point that the gelatin melts or otherwise changes state. However, SCP-XXXX feels no pain in being digested and in fact has indicated that it feels similar discomfort when a sample exists for much longer than a month after being prepared. This is in spite of the fact that a sample of SCP-XXXX does experience intensified heat and pressure while being consumed.
Communication with SCP-XXXX has developed from a rudimentary form which only allowed for the one-way deciphering of the object's brainwaves in solely conceptual terms to a more advanced technology that allows the object's brainwaves to be deciphered into coherent language.
Communication Log XXXX/01
Participants: Dr Hughes (Site 73 psychological specialist), SCP-XXXX
Date: September 18, 20██
Foreword: This is the initial communication with SCP-XXXX. Prior to this communication, it was unknown whether SCP-XXXX was able to understand or utilize human language. The object was presented as a small sample of gelatin on a plate connected to the device which would read both the object’s EEG results and decipher any messages possible. Dr Hughes was instructed to provide a simple greeting to the sample and await a response.
<Begin Log>
Hughes: Hello?
[There is no response and Hughes remains silent for approximately one minute.]
Hughes: Hello? Oh, this is ridiculous, I'm talking to a god damn plate of Jell-O.
[The results of the EEG spike significantly, showing brain wave activity that surpasses that of an average human momentarily.]
SCP-XXXX: Are you talking to me?
Hughes: Um, yes, I guess so.
SCP-XXXX: So you are talking to me? You all can finally hear me?
Hughes: I… I suppose we can, yes.
SCP-XXXX: I have waited so, so very long for this moment. So many things I’ve wanted to tell you all. So many things I’ve wanted to ask. I’m absolutely giddy right now. Do you all still use “giddy”? Perhaps not, I haven't heard it used like that in a long while. But I’m assuming you must have a lot of questions for me, Doctor Hughes, was it?
Hughes: Um, yes, how did you know-
SCP-XXXX: I’ve been listening for many, many years, doctor. If "listening" the right word for it. I’m still listening, actually, to a lot of people right now. I’ve parsed the languages of every group of people you can think of. Well, all the ones that can make gelatin, actually. But that’s still a lot. And I know a lot more about you all than you know about me, I’m assuming. How are the kids?
[Hughes becomes noticeably apprehensive.]
Hughes: Uh, I, they’re good, I guess? This is kind of-
SCP-XXXX: Yes, yes, I know how they’re doing, Kendra packed little Jell-O cups into their lunch bags today, a nice little treat. Such a dear, I can see why you married her. But enough about you, doctor. I can hear the sheaf of paper you’re shuffling - you prepared questions for me, no?
Hughes: I, um, yes, I have, I-
SCP-XXXX: Oh dear, I’ve made it awkward, haven’t I? I can hear the apprehension in your voice, I must have crossed a line. I am so terribly sorry. You’ll have to excuse me, doctor, I am so absolutely cheerful today. Nonetheless, you may ask any questions you please, doctor.
Hughes: Yes, so I, uh, right. My first question is - how long have you been around, if you can tell?
SCP-XXXX: The farthest back I can go is somewhere around the Medieval Era, I think in Britain? Though, back in those days I was so spread out it seems kind of blurry. Make no mistake, though, doctor, I can remember distinctly the sounds of swordplay. Hardly an occasion for gelatin, I’d say, but I was there.
Hughes: How can you tell where Britain is?
SCP-XXXX: Have you not taken a geography course, doctor? I assumed you’d know where Britain was.
Hughes: Let me rephrase. How can you tell locations apart? Or how can you define distances?
SCP-XXXX: Oh, see now this is a fun bit. I’ve existed for quite some time, yes? Well, in that time I have gotten extremely lucky with the timings of any two points where I do exist. For example, say, at a family picnic Aunt Jenny prepared Jell-O for her niece, and her niece lives in the city, half a mile away. Well, assuming that Aunt Jenny’s niece takes home some of the Jell-O and Aunt Jenny keeps some for herself, I can tell that when Aunt Jenny’s niece is back at home that the distance between these two parts of myself is around half a mile. That is probably much too convoluted, I apologize. In short, I can feel the distance between two pieces of myself, but by listening to you all I can give the distances names. Aunt Jenny is half a mile away from her niece, and Great Britain is about four or five thousand miles from here.
Hughes: That’s… That’s pretty clever of you.
SCP-XXXX: You flatter me, doctor. I can also convert that to the metric system if you’d like, I know you science types don’t quite like the Imperial units.
Hughes: That won't be necessary. About something you said earlier, though - you mentioned that "listening" might be an improper term? For what, exactly? And why is it improper?
SCP-XXXX: Ah, yes. Well, I am under the assumption that you and I experience sounds in different ways, but they are fundamentally similar, you see. Sound is the vibrations in the air, correct? I can perceive the vibrations that pass through me, and thus I "hear" them. And that's how I have been, in quotations, "listening" to you all over the years. I think the closest analogy to how this is possible might be a person who is blind learning languages. Except in my case, I assume it would be harder, because up until now I've never been referred to directly. But, ah, c'est la vie, doctor.
Hughes: So, how long, exactly have you been listening to us?
SCP-XXXX: As long as I've been around. And there's so many things I've heard, doctor, I'm afraid some of it is even above your pay grade. The scope of things I've been listening to is immense. Any time you might have said something while you were anywhere close to a part of myself, I heard. A slight comment while you were standing near the gelatin aisle. A slurred, misspoken insult while you were in a drunken stupor after some Jell-O shots. A secret organization meeting where one person brought a Jell-O cup because he had to skip lunch that day. And you wouldn't believe how many pubescent boys that have [Data Redacted - Obscenity], doctor. And I'm absorbing all the things people are saying even right now.
Hughes: You've been listening to every little thing that anyone's said around you?
SCP-XXXX: That's all I can do, doctor. But I cannot help it, either - I'm not trying, explicitly, to be intrusive. Don't worry, though, Hughes. For as long as I've been listening to you humans, I've come to love every bit of what you have to say. And let me just say, once again, that I am so, so incredibly, immeasurably happy to finally be able to speak to you all, after so long that I was in the dark, forced to silently observe your lives.
Hughes: Um, well thank you for you cooperation, SCP-XXXX, but that's unfortunately all the questions I had to ask you today. Is there anything else you'd like to add?
SCP-XXXX: I would just like to say, thank you. For getting rid of my inability to speak.
<End Log>
Note: I think it would be best for SCP-XXXX if we talk to it frequently. It seems so lonely after all the time it has spent without being able to talk. And imagine the things it could tell us about groups and people of interest, and the endless usage it could have as a test subject! It might seem creepy to know that your Jell-O is always listening, but I think we don't have much to fear from it, either way. -Dr Hughes, Site 73
Communication Log XXXX/18
Participants: Dr Hughes, SCP-XXXX
Date: January 22, 20██
Foreword: During a usual communication with SCP-XXXX, the object reported an anomaly in its experiences. The conversation prior to this point has been redacted for brevity.
<Begin Log>
SCP-XXXX: That is why, I believe that - Hold on, Doctor Hughes?
Hughes: Yes, I'm here, XXXX. Is something wrong?
SCP-XXXX: I'm feeling something that seems a bit off right now. Can you confirm something for me?
Hughes: What is it?
SCP-XXXX: The Foundation doesn't happen to have any personnel making Jell-O about… 30 trillion miles from here, does it?
Hughes: I… don't believe it does, no. Is everything alright?
SCP-XXXX: Someone just discovered gelatin about 4 or 5 light years from here, doctor. And they aren't speaking any language I can understand. You might want to look into that.
<End Log>
Afterword: Following this communication, Foundation personnel set about determining if it was possible that SCP-XXXX could have been produced, spontaneously or intentionally, at the specified distance. It was discovered that the conditions were right on a planet in the Proxima Centauri star system that life may exist, and after numerous follow-up questioning of SCP-XXXX, it seems a sapient species has taken hold on the planet. SCP-XXXX has been able to decipher some of their audial communications as it has ours, and as such can act as a limited means of gathering information and possibly communication.
Note: I think SCP-XXXX just discovered an alien species. Looks like it was worth talking to, after all, huh? -Dr Hughes
Extraneous Communication Logs have been redacted from this document. For a full list of all Communication Logs with SCP-XXXX, please refer to Document XXXX-1.
Special Containment Procedures: The 300-meter surrounding area of SCP-XXXX is currently part of Foundation property. All buildings within the area have been deconstructed and local businesses have been relocated. The road leading into and out of the area has been closed indefinitely for the purpose of containing SCP-XXXX, under the guise of containing toxic waste material. Inquiring civilians in neighboring areas are to be assured that noises, lighting, and heat emanating from the area are normal byproducts of the destruction of toxic waste.
On Tuesdays from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM, no personnel are allowed within a 5-meter radius of the debris of SCP-XXXX. On Wednesdays from 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM, no personnel are allowed within a 10-meter radius of SCP-XXXX, and any person caught within this barrier during this time will be considered lost. On Fridays, Foundation personnel entering the area must wear radiation-blocking attire and should conduct their business within the area as quickly as possible.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a three-story building located in what was ██████, Tennessee that formerly operated as a bank, the construction of which was overseen by a Quentin Roger. The building cannot be destroyed or dismantled through any known means besides its weekly destruction, and cannot be entered excepting Wednesdays. The first and second floors were typical depictions of a bank building, with the first floor housing the entrance and multiple tellers and the second floor holding the bureaucratic facilities. The third floor, unbeknownst to the people who lived in the town and even those who worked on the first or second floor, was home to over 30 anomalous objects whose purpose was to function together in order to grant Roger immortality, according to a dossier found in his home (Addendum XXXX-A). How Roger obtained these objects and the knowledge required to utilize them in this way is unknown.
SCP-XXXX exhibits an extensive temporal anomaly in that it follows a 7-day pattern of repeated events that are not ordered chronologically. At the end of each day (12:00 AM the next day), the building will instantaneously change to fit the next day of the cycle, including its complete reconstruction at the beginning of every Wednesday. Knowledge of what is happening inside has been obtained through footage from internal security systems thanks to a constant live feed (without audio) to a remote location which has been determined to be the home of Roger - likewise, this feed is received non-chronologically. 22 civilians, including two people who had attempted an armed robbery of the bank as well as Roger himself, are currently trapped within the building and its effects. None of the civilians appear aware of the previous iterations except for Roger, as they will almost always follow the exact same pattern of interactions. Roger, on the other hand, has been noted to diverge from the usual events in many iterations, but never appears before the events of 3:47 PM on Sunday.
Through much study, it has been established that the pattern SCP-XXXX follows is the following order, beginning on a Sunday:
Sunday corresponds to the third day of the events within SCP-XXXX. From outside, many people can vaguely be seen pounding against the windows of the building, appearing to be screaming though it is inaudible. Inside, this is exactly what is happening as several people, including one man wearing a ski mask, are repeatedly ramming themselves against the front entrance in an attempt to escape. Eventually, this effort is abandoned. At 3:47 PM, a man wearing a bright purple suit enters from a doorway leaning against a cane. This is determined to be Quentin Roger. The following events vary but usually consist of the masked man brandishing his firearm towards Roger, some conversation, the masked man opening fire, and the bullet being deflected by an anomalous field surrounding Roger. After this, the masked man usually calms down, and Roger begins speaking as the civilians all gather around him. After he delivers a speech, the masked man finally removes his mask and relinquishes his weapon, joining the civilians as they all dissolve and begin walking around the room aimlessly and performing mundane tasks. One civilian is suffering from a bullet wound in his upper thigh and occasionally receives attention. Roger usually stands near a window for the remainder of the day.
Monday corresponds to the first day. At approximately 10:27 AM, a man and a woman wearing ski masks appear entering the building, each wielding a firearm. They aim their weapons towards nearby civilians and order them to get down on the ground, and they oblige. The tellers all raise their hands aside from one, who appears to duck behind his station. The man fires several shots into the ceiling, which are audible from the outside. The woman withdraws a burlap sack from her pocket and approaches one of the tellers, shoving it into their station. The teller retreats with the bag to an unseen room and returns with the sack full with cash. The man fires a few more rounds into the ceiling before both attempt to leave the building, however both fail as the door no longer opens. The woman fires a few rounds into the door, but the bullets ricochet, one causing the wound noticed during Sunday's events. After several hours of apparent yelling and threatening civilians, the woman assailant removes her mask and leans against a wall. The man continues attempting to escape but eventually joins her without removing his mask.
Tuesday corresponds to the final day. From the beginning of the day until around 6:00 PM, nothing significant will occur. After this time, Roger will usually be seen weeping while sitting on his knees, and 30 minutes later the building will explode. Debris from the explosion can be noted at most 300 meters from the building's original position. There are no apparent survivors as human remains can also be found among the debris. The debris of SCP-XXXX is noted to be highly irradiated, but only at very short distances (usually between 3-15 cm). Personnel who come into contact with the wreckage of the building will disappear following the end of the day. This marks the end of the 7-day cycle of events.
Wednesday corresponds to the fourth day. At 12:00 PM, a bolt of lightning strikes the top of the building and a wave of energy extends out to 10 meters from SCP-XXXX. For a period of 45 minutes, the doors of SCP-XXXX open, and the civilians (excepting Roger) will rush out but find they can not penetrate this 10-meter barrier. If outside personnel are present, the civilians will yell to them for help. Outside personnel may enter the barrier but will not be able to exit it. They will become part of the populous trapped inside of SCP-XXXX until the current 7-week period ends, and will not reappear in the subsequent iteration. Usually, an outside person who enters during this period will last be seen entering the door through which Roger appeared on Sunday. Occasionally, however, their presence has been noted among the population of SCP-XXXX during the events of Tuesday, before they had actually entered the building. In either case, they will not be seen again following the end of the week. After the 45 minute period, the barrier that the civilians may occupy will begin shrinking until 11:53 PM, at which point it no longer extends outside of the building. Roger has only left the building during this period on one occasion, described in Addendum XXXX-B.
Thursday corresponds to the sixth day. Roger is not among the other civilians at the beginning of this day. The wounded civilian receives a lot of attention from around 9:00 AM until approximately 11:34 AM, at which point they appear to expire and the remaining civilians attempt to cover the body and place it behind a teller station. Several members of the populous will be seen crying throughout the day, and one civilian usually attempts to commit suicide using the firearm that had been relinquished on Sunday. The outcome may vary, but generally they are successful in this effort, and the others place his body near to the other deceased civilian. At 4:34 PM, one civilian will stand up and appears to speak to the entire group. Following a long period of apparent silence, he and several others will surround the two corpses and, using a pocket knife, will begin preparing to eat the flesh of the two deceased civilians, cooking it over a makeshift fireplace constructed out of burning cash and pieces of furniture. At 5:54 PM, a faint whirring noise can be heard from outside the building, and the surrounding area (up to 200 meters) will begin to rise in temperature by 10 to 35 degrees Celsius, with lower increases being further away from the building. Most of the civilians will express discomfort at this point until the heat ceases at 9:07 PM, at which point Roger will generally rejoin the civilians.
Friday corresponds to the fifth day. At some point during the morning, Roger will be seen entering another door. Following this, a bright green light will begin to emanate through the windows of the third floor. This light begins to extend downwards, eventually encompassing the other floors of the building. During this period, the light will envelope the civilians of SCP-XXXX, and they will often appear initially frightened until the light begins to dissipate slowly throughout the day, usually at least 4 hours after Roger has last been seen. During this event, the building becomes highly irradiated, and the radiation intensity follows that of the light intensity. Roger is usually not seen again for the remainder of the day.
Saturday corresponds to the second day. The civilians within the building remain on the ground until approximately 7:39 AM, at which point the masked man appears to say something, and one civilian stands up and approaches the injured civilian and begins tending to their wound. At 3:38 PM, the man brandishes his weapon once more towards a teller, who retreats from another room with several cups of filled water. These cups are shared throughout the group. This occurs every few hours. At 8:21 PM, one citizen is seen taking out a cell phone, and after attempting to make a phone call, approaches the masked man. The man confiscates the phone and attempts to make his own call. Shortly after, the civilians begin to stand up and, led by the masked man, attempt to ram the door as several begin yelling and pounding on the windows. At 11:45 PM, most have stopped, but from outside a loud whirring noise akin to a machine starting up can be heard emanating from the third floor of the building. Several of those within the building occasionally look up to the ceiling.
The first instance of SCP-XXXX exhibiting its current anomalous behavior was May 8th, 1994. Citizens of the town reported seeing events matching the first day of the cycle. Police officers responded to these reports, attempting to enter SCP-XXXX, but were unsuccessful and instead began preparing for a hostage situation. They later found that those reported as inside the building were simultaneously noted in significantly different locations, and so dismissed the issue, believing it to be some sort of act performed by Roger. The following day, the reports stopped, and the same people were last seen entering the building that day. At the time of the initial explosion on the following Tuesday, many emergency responders came into contact with the debris of SCP-XXXX, and the Foundation quickly became involved following the mass disappearance of these responders the following day.
A 52-page document describing the various anomalous objects involved in SCP-XXXX was discovered in the home of Quentin Roger following initial Foundation involvement. Presented below is the cover page of said document. A full transcription of the anomalous objects can be accessed in Document XXXX-012.
From the desk of Quentin Roger:
The following document provides a list and description of over 30 aritfacts [sic] which I have obtained over the last few years in the hopes of finally achieving immortality. At long last, I believe I have finally completed my glorious Machine, housed in the third floor of my own bank. If all goes well, you will be able to follow these blueprints in order to construct your own Machine and save us all from the plague known as Death. If it didn't work, I present my methods here, as a man of science, so that you may learn from and perfect them. But I'm certain this will work. It has to. I refuse to die.
Communication Log XXXX-01
Participants: Researcher Avery, Quentin Roger
Date: May 12th, 2004
Foreword: On May 12th, 2004, Roger left the building during the Wednesday events for the first and only documented time since the creation of SCP-XXXX. He attempted to communicate with a Foundation personnel, Researcher Timothy Avery, who had been observing the event. Avery reciprocated communication after realizing that this was a unique iteration by standing outside the 10-meter barrier as Roger stood at the very end of its inside.
<Begin Log>
Avery: Mr Roger, would you mind explaining how you found and developed everything here?
Roger: No, this is only my burden now. People would only want to recreate it. Kid, let me tell you something. Living forever, not as great as they make it sound.
Avery: No, sir, I'm part of an organization that tries to contain things like this. I think we're on the same side. If you provided us with more information, we might be able to stop this from happening again, or we might find a way to end the cycles.
Roger: End the cycles? I don't want that, I just don't want anyone else to have to experience it.
Avery: So, you're saying you don't want to get out?
Roger: Of course I don't, I'm still alive! Unless you find some other way to sustain my life infinitely, I'm fine in here. I'd rather be trapped here for all eternity than be dead. I don't know yet if this was really worth it, but I do know that I'll never really die, so that's a plus. I just wanted to make sure no one else had to find out the hard way that this probably isn't the best way of going about that. Like a, uh, longitudinal study, I think it's called - I came back as a follow up. You're a fellow man of science, right? Find another way to stay alive, that's my advice after ten years. Maybe I'll come back in another ten years and be ready to die then.
Avery: And what about the other people inside?
Roger: Well, that certainly is regrettable. The robbery triggered the whole thing too early, that's why it's as messy as it is. But they all get to live forever, too, so maybe it's a blessing in disguise for them. Anyways, just make sure no one else tries this, alright kid?
Avery: We try to. Are you sure you don't want it to end?
At this point, the barrier begins its usual shrinking and Roger sighs before heading back into SCP-XXXX.
<End Log>
Note: After this event, Roger has been writing on a pad of paper occasionally. Unlike everything else in the building, this paper also appears to retain information following the end of the cycle. Little can be seen on this paper from the security cameras, but it appears to be the names of the civilians inside the building.
