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SCP-XXXX

Working Title: The Triumvirate

SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Observation Posts RCM-001, RCM-002, and RCM-003 have been established in order to maintain constant observation of SCP-XXXX. Each of these sites are approximately 1,000 meters from SCP-XXXX and are equidistant to each other (approximately 1,730 meters).

In addition to constant visual contact, special considerations have been taken in order to prevent the local population from directly interacting with SCP-XXXX¹.
These measures include seismic activity detectors placed, approximately, every █████████ between each observation posts, thermal imaging systems, and Pyroelectric Infrared Systems (PIRs).

Due to SCP-XXXX's proximity to ██████ and ████████████, security operatives at each site are instructed to detain any civilians attempting to enter the containment zone of SCP-XXXX. Upon detainment, all civilians are to be debriefed, and subsequently administered a class B amnestic and a Class B sedative, and promptly returned to the nearest civilian population center.

Description: SCP-XXXX was brought to The Foundation's attention via communications with Outpost EC-137-B, an establishment in rural ███████. Communications mentioned the local nomadic population's fascination with a particular mountain range in the area. Claims of a blue or violet colored glow were common. After corroborating local innuendo with regional legends and history, a detachment of Mobile Task Force Mu-13 was sent to the area to ascertain the validity of the stories. Upon investigation of the surrounding area, SCP-XXXX was discovered and cataloged.

SCP-XXXX is a sphere of (typically) visible light floating above a stone column. SCP-XXX is approximately two meters in diameter, though its dimensions have been observed to change. The stone column is cylindrical, approximately 1.5 meters in diameter, and two meters in height, and comprised entirely of a yet-unclassified stone². SCP-XXXX and its column are flanked on three sides by figures, approximately four meters in height, and humanoid in appearance. These figures have been given the designations of SCP-XXXX-001, 002, and 003, respectively.

These figures are depictions of humanoid entities with that are similar in structure, but unique when considering their finer details, such as depicted gender, body pose and position, and their individual non-humanoid features. Each of these figures is seemingly constructed by the same stone SCP-XXXX's column is made of and maintain the same durability of said stone.

+ Addendum XXXX-1: Local History and Legend

Addendum XXXX-1: Local History and Legend of SCP-XXXX

SCP-XXXX is not widely known to the current population of ████████████████████████, however, there are several local nomadic populations that speak of a "sphere of divine light" or a "Triumvirate" that "holds the world together with their infinite sacrifice". Further discussion with these communities yield anecdotes of how these things came to Earth, what their purpose is, and even the names associated with them. SCP-XXXX's name is "That Which Burns" or "That Which Cauterizes." SCP-XXXX-001 to 003 are named "That Which Endures," "That Which Restores," and "That Which Shields," respectively.

Further information gathered shows some intrinsic communal knowledge of where SCP-XXXX is generally located, but no specific details are given or available from the local communities. Some speak of varying cults that try to find SCP-XXXX, but most of these stories are dismissed as folly or conjecture. This is all potentially for the better, as contact with SCP-XXXX is generally unadvisable, particularly to civilian populations.

+ Addendum XXXX-2: Sample Acquisition Log

Foreword: Below is a transcription of a conversation between Doctors R. █████████ and E. █████. Details of sampling techniques, materials used, and SCP-XXXX activity are included, but may be redacted.

Doctor R: Researcher's log. Date: ██/██/████. Time: ██████. Doctors R. █████████ and E. █████ present along with various security personnel. This will be our third time attempting mineral extraction of SCP-XXXX. Doctor █████: please prepare a pipette of 12 molar Hydrochloric Acid for application.

-Brief silence-

Doctor E: Pipette prepared. 10 mL of 12 molar HCl prepared. Application in progress.

-Brief silence-

Doctor E: Let the record show that the stone material shows no signs of dissolution or other type of degradation.

Doctor R: One inch steel chisel and hammer in hand. Attempting to crack the column.

-Sounds of metal on stone-

Doctor R: No effect.

Doctor E: Preparing a solution of Diethylbenzene. 10 mL, 22 molar. Application in…

Doctor R: Doctor… Look at SCP-XXXX.

Doctor E: Um… Let… Let the rec [inaudible] …record show that SCP-XXXX has begun to glow in a green hue and has elongated to a point. The point appears to be aiming at Doctor █████████'s head.

Doctor R: The entity seems to be following my motions. Advise that no more research on the column be undertaken at this time. Possible observed sentience of SCP-XXXX.

Doctor E: Doctors R. █████████ and E. █████ will be departing the location around SCP-XXXX immediately. Standard debriefing will be completed upon return to base.

-End of Log-

+ Incident Report I-XXXX-1

SCP Involved: SCP-XXXX

Date: ██████████

Location: Containment zone of SCP-XXXX

Description: On ██████████, a team of five researchers attempted to extract a sample of the stone column, above which SCP-XXXX hovers. Previous attempts at extraction had a failure rate of 100%, and as such, special equipment was granted to the research team in order to accomplish their task. The types of equipment allotted to the team include a pneumatic hammer, concrete saw, and a portable HIDEC (High-Intensity Directed Energy Cutter).

Upon activation and utilization of special equipment. SCP-XXXX began to glow red and discharged what was reportedly a "red translucent sphere" approximately ten meters in diameter. After SCP-XXXX’s discharge, all electronic equipment ceased to function, and all personnel near SCP-XXXX began exhibiting signs of physical illness. Personnel report almost instantaneous feelings of dizziness, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Several research personnel experienced first and second degree burns. One of the researchers fainted, but was ultimately roused by one of the other researchers via use of smelling salts.

Supplemental Documentation I-XXXX-1-1: The following is the transcription of an audio recording of a researcher assigned to SCP-XXXX undergoing a standard debriefing process:

Dr. E: The following recording is a debriefing of ███████████████████████. My name is Doctor ██████████████████ and I will be conducting this debriefing. The time is ████████ on ████████████. Subject is located in . Subject is currently at rest, attached to an EKG, and receiving fluids and medication via intravenous infusion. Doctor ████████; how are you feeling?

Subject: (Heavily breathing) Not great, ███████████, not great… I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I feel like I got hit with a sledgehammer.

Dr. E: I'm sorry to hear that, my friend. Do you feel like you could describe the incident that caused this?

Subject: Sure… I was part of a research team heading out to SCP-XXXX in hopes of extracting a sample of the material. Previous teams had been unsuccessful in this task, but they had only basic equipment with them; hammers… chisels… shit like that. My team was fortunate enough to be granted some more exotic equipment. We had a pneumatic hammer, concrete saw, and a MIG welder with us.

When we got to the site, we immediately began setup and implementation of the pneumatic hammer. At first, everything was going as expected, but then SCP-XXXX started to glow red, then kinda purpleish and eventually threw off some strange glow. All of our electronic equipment stopped working. Everyone near the glow started to get sick.

Dr. E: What symptoms did you and your colleagues exhibit?

Subject: Well, as I'm sure you can tell from my current state, I experienced vomiting. I've also got some bad burns on my left arm, and I still have this goddamned headache… I don't know much about the others, but I've heard that █████████ lost almost all of her hair and had burns on her chest and hands. Some of the doctors were talking and said ███████████ went into some sort of coma. I think he was closest to SCP-XXXX when the glow happened.

Dr. E: Do you have any suspicion as to what the glow was?

Subject: Judging from my experience, it had to have been some huge blast of EMP or something. Nothing takes out electronic equipment quite like… Jesus… I… I think I'm going to rest now. I'm feeling a bit tired… Could we continue this later, ███████████?

Dr. E: Certainly. One last quick question: Do you think that… Doctor?

-A prolonged beep can be heard-

Dr. E: ███████████? ███████████! Oh god! Help! Please someone help!

-Running sounds and muffled yelling can be heard from multiple sources-

-Tape abruptly cuts off-

— End of Recording —

Supplemental Documentation I-XXXX-1-2: Chief Medical Examiner's Log

Description: The following is a recording of the chief medical examiner's log:

Personal Log: Doctor R. ██████████, Chief Medical Examiner. Assigned to maintain the health and wellness of personnel involved in the research and containment of SCP-XXXX. The time is ████████ on █████████. It is with great sorrow that I report the deaths of four researchers involved in this project. The details of their conditions will undoubtedly be reported in official logs, and as such, I will not reiterate their specifics here. Suffice it to say, a massive blast of radiation seems to have been the cause of their untimely fate. It is with this knowledge that I will make the following recommendations to Site Director Rynhylda. Any and all personnel should be compelled to wear clothing and equipment that is resistant to radiation at all times when studying SCP-XXXX. Furthermore, precautions should be taken in order to ensure the researchers safety from particulate matter near the area surrounding SCP-XXXX, and equipment capable of detecting spikes in radioactivity should be readily available. How the Site Director wishes to go about this doesn’t matter to me, but I will not have more men die on my watch due to some pseudo-sentient ball of fucking light. It can’t even move past those god damned statues! Why can’t we just let it the fuck alone?

-Sighs-

…at any rate. The security officers in the group showed no similar symptoms and ████████████████████, while still exposed to the radiation, seems to have suffered significantly less severe symptoms. A couple of minor burns, nausea, and dizziness, specifically, but no signs of vomiting, headache, or loss of consciousness. Given this, it stands to reason that proximity to SCP-XXXX seems to correlate to higher concentrations of radiation. Hopefully the measures suggested in this log will prevent any more incidents in the future. End of log.

+ Incident Report I-XXXX-2

SCP Involved: SCP-XXXX

Date: ██████████

Location: Containment zone of SCP-XXXX

Description: A research party consisting of five personnel set out to gather a sample of the stone SCP-XXXX's surrounding figures were constructed from. Given their composition, Dr. S. Yates wanted to test the hypothesis that sampling from the surrounding figures would be less dangerous than sampling SCP-XXXX's column directly.

All personnel were allotted radiation resistant clothing and equipment per Personnel Safety Protocol PSP-13.1.2.R.³

The following is a recording of communications between various team members and Doctor C. Sinecio, who is located at Observation Post RCM-002.

Alvarez: This is researcher Alvarez. Let the record show that the team has reached the desired location. Sampling to begin shortly. Doctor Sinecio, please respond.

Sinecio: This is Doctor Sinecio. Message acknowledged. Please maintain contact at all times and report any instances of anomalous activity from SCP-XXXX.

Alvarez: Copy that, base. Researchers Rodriguez, Smith, Dennis, and DeLancey, please confirm receipt of message.

DeLancey: DeLancey. Copy.

Smith: This is Smith. Message heard.

Rodriguez: Rodriguez. Message received.

Alvarez: With that, let us begin our sampling. Researcher Smith, please prepare solvents for use on SCP-XXXX-002.

Smith: Opening container of solvent Carborane Acid. 36% purity, 17 molar concentration. Pipet…

-Brief Silence-

Smith: Approximately 10 mL of solvent has been applied to SCP-XXXX-002. No visible effect.

DeLancey: Be advised that SCP-XXXX has begun glowing green. Please confirm.

Alvarez: SCP-XXXX color change confirmed. Entity is glowing green.

Smith: Green glow. Copy.

Sinecio: Be advised, team. Visual confirmation is confirmed. Please be careful and evacuate at the first sign of any violent reaction.

Alvarez: Heard, base. DeLancey, please hand me the concrete cutter. I'm going to…

Smith: Why don't we just try to move these bastards? Maybe if we could move them off their bases, we could scrape some sample off the bottom of the thing.

DeLancey: I don't see why we shouldn't try… I mean… Nothing else has worked…

Alvarez: You're insane. How can we move something so fucking huge? That makes no sense, DeLancey.

Smith: How can a glowing mass of light be contained by three humongous statues? Nothing about this shit makes any goddamn sense to begin with.

Rodriguez: It's worth a shot. Lord knows that solvent did exactly jack-shit to it.

Alvarez: Base: Please advise on figure movement and reorientation.

Sinecio: An unusual suggestion, but nothing else seems to have worked… Team you are cleared to move the figures.

Alvarez: Acknowledged. DeLancey. Rodriguez. With me. Let's see about moving this son-of-a-bitch.

-A faint grinding sound can be heard-

Alvarez: Base be advised that SCP-XXXX-002 is unexpectedly easy to move. It has noticeable weight, but it is unusually light and moves smoothly, particularly for its size.

Smith: That's impossible… There's no way anything that huge could be moved by three human beings…

-Scratching sounds begin to permeate the transmission-

-Crackling sounds can be heard-

Sinecio: Team! SCP-XXXX has disappeared! *static* Be advised that SCP-XXXX has *static* …wait… *static* returned. What is that sound?

Alvarez: Base! *static* glowing vio *static* ovoid shape *static* seismic distur *static* advise!..

Sinecio: MOVE THE *static* …UE BACK! MOVE *static*

Alvarez: BASE! *static* SC *static* RADIA *static* SCALE! *static* PROJECTING *static* EVA *static* IMM… *static* …LY!

-End of Transmission-

+ Supplementary Documentation: S-XXXX-001

Description: The following is a recording of Site Director Rynhylda requesting reassignment and advising on reclassification:

Site Director: The time is ████████ on ██████████. This is Site Director Marie Jean Rynhylda. Please be advised that I am asking for immediate transfer from my current project researching SCP-XXXX. Recent events, detailed in various reports and logs, have shown that I am unfit for overseeing this project. Too many men have died… Far too many. FAR too many.

We have all misjudged SCP-XXXX as an inert ball of light, but we've since seen it's destructive capabilities. It. Is. ALIVE. It has displayed an ability to project some sort of radioactive force as a direct result to stimuli we had applied to it, not to mention the less violent reactions like changing its color or shape.

Initial reports of the death toll total up to more than sixty personnel, but the clean-up crews have noted that some of the bodies are deteriorated to an extent that it is impossible to identify them with certainty.

I cannot be director of this area any longer. A more experienced director should be in charge. Someone with more experience dealing with potentially-sentient entities.

Be also advised that I am formally requesting the reclassification of SCP-XXXX from Euclid to Keter status. SCP-XXXX has demonstrated a certain level of sentience and has proven to be able to react to direct stimuli of varying sorts. Furthermore, it would seem that those goddamned statues are the only things keeping it in check, through a force that is yet-to-be determined. This area should be completely sealed from civilian interference and any mention of SCP-XXXX from the local civilian population should be noted and reported to the proper individuals.

Please don't let my men's sacrifice be in vain. Let their sacrifice mean something. It has to mean SOMETHING… Otherwise I just don't know if I can go on carrying their blood on my hands.

Regards

Former Site Director Rynhylda

Footnotes

1. Civilian Detection Protocol 12.3.1: SCPs, particularly those determined to be of higher risk or danger to civilian populations, located in mountain ranges are advised to utilize the following technological systems in order to prevent unwanted civilian interference, or possible loss of containment:

1. Thermal Imaging Systems, such as FLIR, or similar technology
2. Pyroelectric Infrared Systems (PIRs), or similar technology
3. Seismic Disturbance Detection Systems (SDDS), or similar technology, geology permitting

2. Standard mineral sampling techniques have proven to be ineffective against this material. See Addendum XXXX-2 for further information.

3. Personnel Safety Protocol 13.1.2.R: Should an acting Site Director, or any personnel of higher rank deem it necessary, the following equipment should be made available to any and all personnel at Foundation sites as expediently as possible:

1. One Class B encapsulating suit
2. One SCBA (Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus), rebreather, or similar technology
3. A communication device linked to a central recording and transmission hub
4. A personal Geiger counter, capable of detecting alpha, beta, and gamma radiation

This equipment should be requested by the acting site director should an SCP demonstrate any abnormal radioactive properties or direct projection of gamma radiation.