Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The apartment structure containing SCP-XXXX is to be guarded at all times. At no time may any unathorized personnel enter the building. The third floor of the building should only be visited for the express purpose of maintaining containment protocols, and conducting research directly authorized by 05.
Surfaces within SCP-XXXX should be dusted every 18 hours. SCP-XXXX should be thoroughly inspected following dusting, to ensure no surface has been missed. the door leading into SCP-XXXX must remain open at all times when personnel are inside. Personnel should not remain within SCP-XXXX for periods greater than 2 hours.
The refridgerator within SCP-XXXX should be consistantly stocked with bread, eggs, milk, and wine. Under no circumstances should these products be allowed to expire within the refridgerator. The television within SCP-XXXX must be on at all times, and tuned to Fox News Channel. Personnel should exercise caution when dusting the television's antenna, so as to not compromise the broadcasting signal.
Footwear other than socks are not permitted on the third floor of the apartment structure. Music playing devices of any kind are not permitted within the apartment structure.
Description: SCP-XXXX is Apartment #303 in the ████ Apartment Complex in ██████, Florida. The apartment features rooms and furnishings typical of a non-anomalous apartment, including a kitchen, living room, bathroom, and two bedrooms.
When any person enters SCP-XXXX, and the apartment door is closed behind them, SCP-XXXX's anomalous properties have an approximately 7% chance to manifest. The anomaly takes the form of any one of 68 entities which will appear within SCP-XXXX, displaying varying behaviour. These entities are not universally hostile, however, all but one has displayed hostile behaviour on various occasions. Discernible triggers for hostile behaviour vary between entities. Discernible triggers for which specific entity manifests have been observed, but are not 100% consistent.
When an entity within SCP-XXXX displays hostile behaviour, no attempt to pacify them has been observed. Self-defence attempts typically fail due to the ferocity of attacks. Attempts to neutralize entities by force has proven possible with all entities except SCP-XXXX-7 (See Addendum). During a manifestation event, the subject within SCP-XXXX will frequently have difficulty re-opening SCP-XXXX's door.
Entities within SCP-XXXX:
SCP-XXXX-1:
Appearance: Caucasian female, approximately ██ years of age, wearing clothing drenched in blood. Hair colour unclear due to scalping. Multiple stab wounds to the chest. SCP-XXXX-1's [REDACTED] have been removed.
(Known) Manifestation Triggers: Women between 19-25 years of age entering SCP-XXXX.
(Known) Hostility Triggers: Subjects within SCP-XXXX refusing to leave.
Hostile Activity: Aggressively pushing subjects towards nearest exit, including windows.
Notes: Injuries inflicted by SCP-XXXX-1 have only ever been caused by falling from 3rd-storey window.
SCP-XXXX-2:
Appearance: Caucasian female, brunette, approximately ██ years of age, wearing clothing drenched in blood. Missing arms, broken neck. SCP-XXXX-2's [REDACTED] have been removed.
(Known) Manifestation Triggers: Subjects with religious upbringing entering SCP-XXXX.
(Known) Hostility Triggers: Any physical contact with SCP-XXXX-2.
Hostile Activity: SCP-XXXX-2 screams, causing ears and eyes to burst. Subject will then vomit blood until death.
Notes: Autopsies of deceased subjects reveals that SCP-XXXX-2's scream liquifies internal organs.
SCP-XXXX-3:
Appearance: Hispanic female, approximately ██ years of age, fully nude and covered in blood. Missing eyes, slit throat, several internal organs removed, including [REDACTED]. Carries surgical scalpel.
(Known) Manifestation Triggers: N/A
(Known) Hostility Triggers: Sound greater than 70 decibels.
Hostile Activity: SCP-XXXX-3 will attack the source of the sound, pouncing on, grappling and stabbing its target repeatedly.
Notes: SCP-XXXX-3 is the only entity within SCP-XXXX which appears non-Caucasian.
SCP-XXXX-4:
Appearance: Caucasian female, brunette, approximately ██ years of age, fully nude and covered in blood. Slit throat, [REDACTED] removed.
(Known) Manifestation Triggers: Subjects with mental illness, not including schizophrenia or psychotic disorders, entering SCP-XXXX.
(Known) Hostility Triggers: None
Activity: Lies in foetal position and and weeps. Does not respond to any known stimuli.
SCP-XXXX-5:
Appearance: Caucasian female, blonde, approximately ██ years of age, fully nude. Appears emaciated, and missing several joints on each finger. Damage to fingers is consistent with friction-induced injury. Missing legs, with stumps being crudely stitched shut, showing signs of infection. SCP-XXXX-5's [REDACTED] have been removed.
(Known) Manifestation Triggers: Subjects with current or past careers in law enforcement, or related training, entering SCP-XXXX
(Known) Hostility Triggers: Turning off the lights or closing the doors to whichever room SCP-XXXX-5 is occupying.
Hostile Activity: SCP-XXXX-5 grapples target and smothers them, cutting off airways until target asphyxiates.
Notes: Subjects killed by SCP-XXXX-5 inexplicably display injuries consistent with crushing, including broken limbs, and tissue perforation.
SCP-XXXX-6:
Appearance: Caucasian female, brunette, approximately █ years of age, wearing blood-drenched clothing. Slit throat.
(Known) Manifestation Triggers: Subjects with schizophrenia or psychotic disorders entering SCP-XXXX.
(Known) Hostility Triggers: Any attempt at interaction.
Hostile Activity: Laughs at subject, causing extreme worsening of existing disorders. This damage is irreversible. Frequently, subjects exposed to this laughter will begin displaying violent behaviour, even if they were nonviolent previously.
SCP-XXXX-7:
Appearance: Caucasian male, black-haired with thick beard, approximately ██ years of age. Wearing bloodstained undershirt, naked from waist down. Wields various knives.
(Known) Manifestation Triggers: Remaining within SCP-XXXX for extended periods (3-4 hours), exploration of bedroom on right side of apartment.
(Known) Hostility Triggers: N/A. Perpetually Aggressive.
Hostile Activity: [REDACTED] often resulting in disembowelment. If target is female, SCP-XXXX-7 will [REDACTED] following target's death.
SCP-XXXX-8:
Appearance: Appears to be constructed of the various body parts taken from other entities, stitched into vaguely humanoid shape. Head is that of a Caucasian female, with grey hair, approximately ██ years of age. [REDACTED] of previous entities have been stitched onto the entity's chest.
(Known) Manifestation Triggers: Accumulation of dust on any surface within SCP-XXXX, exceeding 24 hour period. Failure to keep refrigerator within SCP-XXXX stocked with fresh milk, bread, eggs, and wine. Turning off SCP-XXXX's television set, or changing the channel away from Fox News Channel. Wearing shoes within SCP-XXXX further than 1.5 m from the door. Playing of music of any kind within SCP-XXXX.
(Known) Hostility Triggers: N/A. Perpetually Aggressive.
Hostile Activity: [DATA EXPUNGED]. This will continue until the instance of SCP-XXXX-8
is destroyed completely.
Notes: SCP-XXXX-8 is the only entity spawned by SCP-XXXX observed leaving the apartment.
SCP-XXXX-7 first manifested during exploration of SCP-XXXX, approximately 3 months following discovery. Exploration consisted of Agent Soren entering the room, while remaining in radio contact with Researcher █████. The following is a partial transcript of of the radio feed.
Begin Transcript:
Soren: Entering now.
[Pause]
Soren: Initially clear. Hello? Any fucked-up murder ghosts today?
█████: Soren.
Soren: Right, sorry. No, we're clear.
█████: Proceed with exploration.
[For several minutes, Soren goes through kitchen cabinets, and the refridgerator. Eventually, he moves into the bedroom on the right side of the apartment]
Soren: Huh. Pretty small bed. Wasn't he a big guy?
█████: Apparently his mother refused to buy him another bed. Always saw him as a kid.
Soren: Drawers under the bed have candy wrappers, loose socks. Here's something. A CD hidden under a t-shirt.
█████: What's the name on the CD?
Soren: Twisted Sister. Nice. It's, uh, it's done with marker. Looks like he burnt it himself. Ugh.
█████: What?
Soren: I just caught a whiff of something. Something smells pretty bad.
█████: In the drawers?
Soren: There's nothing else- hold on, I'm pulling the drawer right out.
[Pause]
Soren: There's something here. Behind the drawer. It's a bundle of- No, hold on.
█████: Is it the source of-
Soren: Oh, fuck! Oh, goddammit!
█████: Talk to me.
Soren: Jesus, it's a fucking █████!
█████: What?!
Soren: It's a goddam human █████ wrapped in a piece of cloth! Oh, the smell is so fucking bad.
█████: Ugh. Guess the police missed that before the apartment went anomalous.
Soren: Fucking serial killers and their goddam souvenirs, man. I-
Unidentified Voice: Why are you touching my stuff?
Soren: Jesus fucking Chri-
[Sounds of struggle, followed by wet splatter]
Subsequent exploration found the body of Agent Soren, disemboweled, in the bedroom. A piece of fabric was found on the floor nearby, with DNA traces matching ████ ██████, fifth known victim of █████ ██████ ████████. Alleged human ██████ not present. Approximately 18 hours later, SCP-XXXX-8 emerged from SCP-XXXX, leading to the deaths of 27 personnel. SCP-XXXX-8 repeatedly manifested after being destroyed, re-emerging 9 times before containment procedures to prevent manifestation could be determined.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX-1, and all iterations of SCP-XXXX-2, are to be kept in a secure, soundproof chamber. Researchers should remain outside of the soundproof chamber during any testing of SCP-XXXX.
MTF Mu-4 (“Debuggers”) is charged with searching the internet for any possible online versions of SCP-XXXX. Any version of SCP-XXXX discovered online is to be removed, with subsequent investigation into any possible exposure.
Former members of the band “Brimstone Blade” are to be monitored, and any subsequent attempts to create music by these individuals is to be investigated.
Description: SCP-XXXX-1 is a compact disc, with the words “Brimstone Blade - The Hero’s Journey” written on it in permanent marker. When placed in any CD player, SCP-XXXX-1 will play SCP-XXXX, a cognito-hazardous heavy metal album. The album consists of a series of 8 songs, ranging in length from 2 minutes 30 seconds (Track #2, “Harbinger of Chaos”) to 6 minutes, 52 seconds (Track #8 “Hero Soul”), and totalling 35 minutes, 4 seconds.
The songs that comprise SCP-XXXX form a loose narrative through their lyrics, each song functioning as a chapter. This narrative is a fantasy epic, describing an unnamed hero battling the armies of a villainous warlord. While the album forms a complete story arc, many details of the narrative are contradicted between songs.
When a human being listens to SCP-XXXX, they will experience themselves being mentally transported into the world of the narrative. The listener will then experience a version of the story’s events, with themselves as the protagonist. While this effect occurs when any song on the album is played, the experience is described as being most vivid when the entire album is played in order.
When listening to SCP-XXXX, subjects will be completely unresponsive to any attempts to communicate. Although the physical activity of subjects during the event varies, typically the subject will close their eyes, and move in some way with the beat of the music, such as tapping their foot, or rocking back and forth. As the album continues, subjects have been observed to stand, pump their fists in the air, or rapidly shake their head back and forth (an action known as “headbanging”). Subjects will only exit this state when they have listened to SCP-XXXX in its entirety, or the playing of SCP-XXXX is interrupted by another party.
Although the experience of the subject always follows the narrative of the album, many details, especially those which the lyrics do not specify, vary by individual. These variations are most pronounced in regards to the protagonist, who is almost universally described as an idealized version of the listener.
Researcher Palmer: Could you describe what you experienced in your own words?
D-4429: Oh man, it was- oh man, it was a fucking trip. Holy shit, I’ve never felt anything like that, man.
Researcher Palmer: And could you describe it?
D-4429: Huh? Oh, I was getting to that, yeah. I was in this… landscape. Well, I started out in a prison. Just sitting there, rotting in a cell. Kind of like, well, kind of like I actually was, before you guys brought me here. Then, I went on this, like, entire quest to defeat this big evil demonic fucker. Goddam, the whole thing made me feel like the most badass motherfucker who ever lived.
Researcher Palmer: While you were listening, you punched a wall hard enough to break a knuckle in your hand.
D-4429: Oh, is that how that happened? Dude, I wasn’t in the room when that happened. That place, I could see it, hear it, smell it, everything. It was a- man, why are you even asking me? Have you listened to it?
Researcher Palmer: the focus of this debrief is your own experience with-
D-4429: Dude, listen to that thing. It’ll change you, man. I feel different. I feel like, like I can take back control of my whole life. I can’t tell you about it, you gotta feel it.
Near universally, those who experience SCP-XXXX will feel positively about the experience. Noticeable changes in behaviour and personality have included increased self-worth, greater confidence, and decreased symptoms of depression and anxiety. Subjects will frequently recommend that others listen to SCP-XXXX. Whether this is an anomalous memetic effect, or simply a natural reaction to their experience is presently undetermined.
SCP-XXXX-1 was initially discovered in a pawn shop in ████, Ontario, Canada. Despite initial belief that the disc was the anomalous item, it has since been determined that the arrangement of music itself is the source of the anomaly. Copies made from the compact disc have been shown to induce the exact same effects as the original. Cover versions of the songs have been shown to induce milder versions of SCP-XXXX's effects. The original disc has been designated SCP-XXXX-1, and all copies, reproductions, or covers of SCP-XXXX are designated SCP-XXXX-2.
Foundation research into "“Brimstone Blade,” the presumed name of the band that created the album, lead to a defunct Myspace page for the band, which was created by one K███ B█████.
Researcher Palmer: Can you describe the process by which you created the album?
B█████: That’s a weird way to ask that question, bro. It was just this thing me and some college buddies were trying out. Brimstone Blade was only really a thing for one summer. Fun while it lasted though. We did the one album, and then, uh, life kind of got in the way, and we all pretty much went our separate ways.
Researcher Palmer: I see. Please continue. How exactly was the album created?
B█████: Well, I mean, I’m guessing you’ve heard it. It was nothing all that special, or even good. It was just us freestyling on our instruments in █████’s garage until we got a sound that we liked. Then I did up some lyrics, and we recorded that.
Researcher Palmer: How did you craft the narrative?
B█████: Again, weird way to ask. I just kind of wrote from the heart, you know? I was kind of depressed at the time, and I wanted to make music that would be like, empowering and shit. Power metal was the obvious way to go. I don’t know, it’s childish, but metal has always been my way of feeling powerful. More than I actually am. I had this fantasy of creating that experience for others, even if we were really just making a bunch of noise in a garage.
Researcher Palmer: B█████, you aren’t aware of the anomalous properties of the album, are you?
B█████: The what?
It was determined that B█████ had no knowledge of the anomalous effects of SCP-XXXX. Subsequent testing revealed that B█████ is immune to SCP-XXXX's effects, though the reason for this is unknown. B█████ was administered amnestics and released. Interviews with other members of the band are pending.
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