A steel bucket

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: safe Euclid

Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-XXXX is currently contained in a secured lockbox located in the low security storage warehouse of site 64. SCP-XXXX is currently contained in a sealed chamber located in the euclid storage wing of site 64. Cameras are to record SCP-XXXX at all times. Any movement or other anomalous activity originating from SCP-XXXX is to be forwarded to the site director.

SCP-XXXX is not to be taken out of it's container for any purpose besides research. Any testing done on SCP-XXXX must be under the approval and supervision of a level 3 researcher or above.
Since 16-10-███6 all testing of SCP-XXXX has ceased indefinitely.
Authorization to use it when replacing paint in other parts of the facility were denied.

Description:
SCP-XXXX is a 10x20cm steel bucket, with no notable outer features. The bucket is filled with approximately 6 liters of liquid resembling red paint manufactured around 1960. Despite being left in the open for an extended period of time (approximately ██ years) it hasn't shown any signs of drying up or aging, like normal paint would. This might be a side effect of it's second anomalous effect. Any attempt to drain the bucket of this paint has so far resulted in failure, as new paint seems to be spontaneously generated to always fill it's limit of 6 liters.

It's third effect, discovered through testing shortly after containment, was found to be that any name, designation or similar that is written with paint from SCP-XXXX leads to the manifestation of SCP-XXXX-A. It should be noted that this extends to what would normally not be considered "names", such as symbols depicting an entity, or attempts to describe an entity using words.

XXXX-A is a phenomenon wherein any of the afforementioned designations or similar leads to the spontaneous appearance of objects that are supposedly created by that entity. This may include paintings, sculptures, [REDACTED], musical pieces (often written down on a sheet, though appearances of CD discs and other similar mediums that could be used to store music have been documented), material carvings, and other such objects. It should be noted that XXXX-A only activates once the tool used to paint is a certain distance above whatever is painted, currently believed to be one meter.

Exactly how SCP-XXXX determines if an object is created by someone is unclear, though a mental link has been established. Subjects given class A amnestics, then instructed to draw something, will have that drawing be copied. However, subjects who draw something, then are given class A amnestics, haven't been able to have anything manifest. Objects created by multiple individuals have proven inconclusive. Testing has shown that they occasionally appear, but fram from every time it's tested.

Discovery:
SCP-XXXX was discovered in the basement of a house, located in ███, Illinois, after local law enforcement conducted a raid due to an unusual ammount of extremely well done copies of famous paintings were traced to a specific house. Interviews conducted after the fact revealed that groups who entered the basement saw writing on the walls and floors, most of which consisted of the names of famous artists, aswell as a tremendous ammount of paintings, sculptures, and some unknown objects.

In the middle of the room SCP-XXXX was located, together with a paintbrush. The foundation was quickly informed of this through agents on the inside, and sent a team there to collect SCP-XXXX. All paintings were ceased by police beforehand, and were supposedly destroyed. The owner of the house is unknown, as no records of recent ownership could be found. Locating the owner is considered a priority 3 objective.

+ CLASSIFIED LEVEL 4/4179

Incident report XXXX-18
On 12-03-███6, during testing, D-17302 reported feeling a "tug" in her left arm, drawing her slowly towards the floor, while in the process of painting ████ ██████. There wasn't suspected to be anything notable about this name, as it was selected out of a pool of randomly generated names from the day prior. Neither was this name, like all others, used by any individuals on public record.

Upon completion, several things happened.
First, a copy of SCP-XXXX, hereafter referred to as SCP-XXXX-2, appeared. It is important to note that SCP-XXXX-2 was empty at the time of appearance.
Second, D-17302 was progressively elongated and sucked into SCP-XXXX-2, under the course of roughly 10 seconds. Camera footage supports claim made by on-site personnel. During the course of this SCP-XXXX-2 progressively filled up, seemingly with the same red paint contained within SCP-XXXX.
Initial testing showed that SCP-XXXX-2 wasn't capable of summoning objects, however, after roughly 2 days a wooden cube spontaneously appeared next to it. Testing afterwards showed that it had the ability to summon objects, like the original.

Incident report XXXX-23
On 02-6-███6, SCP-XXXX-2 once again became unresponsive. Roughly 3 days after this started, 37 alphabet blocks, roughly 3x3cm each, appeared next to SCP-XXXX-2, hereafter referred to as SCP-XXX-2-1. Almost immediately these blocks rearranged into 3 sets, spelling out "releaseme", "whydidyoutrapme", and "illgetrevenge", respectively. Attempts to separate these blocks after they finished arranging were unsuccessful, as there appeared to be something equivalent to magnetism linking them together. The true cause of this was never discovered. Due to the possibility of sentience a reclassification to euclid was submitted, but denied, due to no additional complications in containment.

Incident report XXXX-25
On 14-10-███6, a figure, covered entirely in red paint, and seemingly malnourished, was spotted in sector ██ of the facility. After having washed the paint away it was revealed, both through conversation and from an identification card on the orange jumpsuit she was wearing, that this was D-17302. It's important to note that several days prior all paint in SCP-XXXX-2 dissapeared. It has since been declared neutralized. SCP-XXXX-2-1's magnetic properties dissapeared on the same date. The exact cause of this has never been definitively proven.

An interview followed shortly afterwards, headed by Dr. ██

Dr. ██: D-17302. Tell me, what happened on that day?

D-17302: What day sir?

Dr. ██: 12-03. The day you were sucked into that bucket.

D-17302: I dont kno-oh god, oh god it's all coming back. Constant. Unending torture. Pain. Pain. Pain.

Dr. ██: Please, calm down. Just tell me what happened.

[D-17302 is silent for a minute before calming down and speaking again]

D-17302: I remember falling unconscious. Then waking up again. Everything around me was red. Pure, blinding red. And i was in pain. So much pain. It was unbearable. I couldn't move, it was too much. Then, after a day, the voices came.

Dr. ██: Voices? Please elaborate.

D-17302: They promised release from the pain if i made them objects for master. Said he would be very angry if i didn't. They requested i make things, but i couldn't.
Ofcourse. I didn't know how to make anything. So they started screaming. Calling me worthless. Calling me a failure.

Dr. ██: Noted. Please continue.

D-17302: Eventually, it came to me. That if i concentrated hard enough i could bring up objects which floated up to the surface, wherever that was. But they didn't care. They kept screaming louder and louder, only occasionally stopping to say the name of an object that i should create. I treasured those moments. More than anything. But the pain never stopped.

Dr. ██: Are you still able to do that?

D-17302: I haven't tried since coming back to sanity, actually.

[D-17302 can be seen concentrating for a minute before a wooden cube appeared on the interview table]

[END LOG]

Following this interview, all testing has been suspended, by order of 05-██.

Incident report XXXX-34
On 07-09-███7, while still located in the low storage warehouse, cameras captured the lockbox SCP-XXXX was located in violently rattling, for an estimated 37 seconds, before stopping.
In an attempt to see what caused the rattling, and if it would appear again, SCP-XXXX was moved to it's current containment chamber. Cameras were set up in the room, recording 24/7, together with a movement sensor. No personnel were to be allowed into the room during the next 12 months.

Exactly 3 months later, cameras captured what appeared to be a humanoid arm, seemingly covered in a red substance theorized to be paint, reaching through and violently thrashing for 42 seconds, before quickly retreating. This event was also accompanied by what the guards at the time described as "hellish screaming".

Incident report XXXX-48
On 03-05-███8, cameras captured a figure, with approximately the same width as SCP-XXXX, crawling out of it, entirely covered in paint, and screaming constantly at 98-103 Db. unlike with SCP-XXXX-2, the paint in the bucket didn't dissapear. It continued in this state, while also crawling aimlessly on the floor, for 7 minutes and 38 seconds, before abruptly stopping. He remained sitting on the floor for 3 minutes, before a guard team was sent in to retrieve the figure. This guard team never came out. Later investigation showed no remaining signs of the figure, or the guard team. Cameras were recording while it was happening. Exactly what happened is still unclear.

00:01: G1, G2, and G3 all enter in rapid succession.

00:13: what appears to be a [REDACTED] appears in the hand of the figure, who is hereafter referred to as SCP-XXXX-3. The device is quickly shot by G3 before it has finished charging. One of the shots appear to enter SCP-XXXX-3, but phases through it and hits the wall on the other side. SCP-XXXX-3 shows suprise at the fact, and proceeds to rise from the ground.

00:24: SCP-XXXX-3 starts running towards G3, who tried shooting at the figure, seemingly to no effect.

00:35: Upon reaching G3, SCP-XXXX-3 stops, and stares towards the nearest camera, subsequently saying "There's more of me in there. And some of us are more pissed than i am that you tortured us for as long as you did."

Initial viewings of the recording report a voice not coming from where SCP-XXXX-3 is, but instead directly from the camera. The cause and exact validity of this is unknown, as subsequent viewings have not had the same effect.

00:46: The screen turns white, and screaming, suspected to be coming from G1, G2 and G3, is heard, before the screen returns to normal, roughly 10 seconds later. Neither G1, G2, G3, or SCP-XXXX-3 are visible.

A reclassification to keter is currently pending.
Finding better containment procedures for SCP-XXXX is currently considered a class 5 priority, due to the significant threat that an object which seemingly houses several high class reality benders is.