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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures:
XXXX-A is to be surrounded by 2 chain link fences topped with barbed wire, with radiuses of 10 meter and 25 meters respectively. These fences should be guarded by 5 armed personnel each, and the gates are only to be opened for those with level 4 security clearance or higher. All guards and personnel on the site are to be equipped with class 5 hearing protection, and communicate only through sign language or writing. XXXX-A itself is to be covered with an opaque black curtain, enclosed in a small black soundproof viewing booth. Once a week, a D-class personnel is to be led into the viewing area and instructed to read the graffiti in their head. They are then to be immediately executed.

XXXX-B is to be contained in a large, hollowed out house in rural [REDACTED]. All 4 exterior walls of this house as well as the door are to be reinforced with stainless steel, and 4 armed guards are to watch over the facility at all times, 2 on the outside, and 2 on the inside. Level 5 security clearance is required to enter

XXXX-C is to be surrounded by a square concrete wall 2 feet in thickness, and with a perimeter of 200 feet. There are to be a total of 8 guard towers around the edge of the wall, each occupied by 2 guards. No one is to be allowed to enter aside from the guards, unless given unanimous permission by the 05 council.

Description:
XXXX-A is a message graffitied onto the side of a bridge, located in [REDACTED] under [REDACTED] expressway. The message is written in an unidentifiable viscous red liquid which cannot fully dry. The message reads “how long must we wait?”, and this specific instance of that message is a cognitohazard. Once an observer reads this message, they become influenced by several anomalous effects. If the message is not observed by anyone for a period of 2 weeks, it will move to a seemingly random seperate location. The first instance of this message appeared after the failure of procedure [REDACTED]-[REDACTED].

Once read, the message will remain in the viewer’s mind regardless of any attempts to forget it. It will slowly grow to encompass more and more of the viewers thoughts, eventually causing the viewer to forget how to breathe, killing them.

Additionally, the viewer will develop an unexplainable urge to visit XXXX-B, which grows steadily stronger as time goes by. The last thoughts of those affected by XXXX-A besides the message itself are often an expressed need to visit XXXX-B.

Finally, once a subject has viewed the message, any communication of that message, either written or spoken, will cause whoever it was communicated to experience these same effects as well.

XXXX-B is a being located in a cylindrical pit 10 meters in diameter and 8 meters deep. The bottom of the pit is submerged in the same substance as was used to write XXXX-A. Anyone within 10 meters of the pit has reported strong feelings of hatred towards XXXX-B, and those who enter the pit feel an irresistible urge to kill XXXX-B, however this must not be allowed to happen. If XXXX-B were to die, it would result in an CK class end-of-the-world scenario. XXXX-B was born after the failure of procedure [REDACTED]-[REDACTED], and immediately teleported to its current location, 2 miles from XXXX-A and 3 miles from XXXX-C.

XXXX-C is located in [REDACTED], and is marked by a circle of 16 small stones, each with a line of a poem written on it in the same liquid used in both XXXX-A and XXXX-B. In the center of the stones are 8 statues, 7 arranged in a ring around the eighth. The initial 7 are similar in appearance to the [REDACTED] involved in events 231 alpha-golf. The eighth is an unknown figure which appears to be [REDACTED].
All statues are made of a dark red stone, which is warm to the touch. All attempts to move any of the elements of XXXX-C have failed, and have resulted in minor [REDACTED] events. All further attempts at removal are prohibited.

It is believed that if XXXX-B were to die, this would be the origin point of the resulting apocalypse.
Note: The foundation has attempted to use amnestics, including those from SCP-3000 to cure subjects of the effects of XXXX-A. However, this has only sped up the process, erasing all other memories from the subjects mind, and drastically increasing the cognitohazard’s takeover. Tests are ongoing.

+ Addendum A

Phases of cognitohazard's development.
Phase 1: The phrase takes root in the subject’s head, remaining constantly at the back of their mind. The subject is able to think about other things, but their thoughts repeatedly turn back to the message

Phase 2: About 4 days into the process, the message becomes more prevalent At this point, every thought the subject has is in some way related to the message.

Phase 3: About a week into the process, the subject can only think of the message, playing repeatedly in their head. This also marks the point where many subjects lose the ability to speak

Phase 4: 9-10 days into the process, the subject becomes completely paralyzed, as they have forgotten how to move their body.

Phase 5: 11-12 days into the process, the subject loses the ability to breathe, process oxygen and pump blood, resulting in death.

+ Addendum B

Audio log of experiment 1. A D-class personnel is taken to XXXX-B immediately after viewing XXXX-A. All planned future tests cancelled.

D-Class: What the hell is in there?
Director Adams: You’ll see.
D-Class: (The D-Class gasps as he nears the pit) I’m gonna kill that thing! Whatever it is, I’m gonna kill it!
Adams: You will do no such thing. (calling to someone else) Hook him up!

D-Class: I’m gonna rip out its throat I tell ya’. I’m gonna fuckng kill it.

Adams: You are not to harm the anomaly in any way. If you do, it will result in immediate termination. Begin test.

(there is the sound of a splash)

D-Class: Where is it?! (the D-Class’s voice changes as he sees XXXX-B) Your evil… it is too immense to quantify. I must purge the universe of the dark stain that is your existence, no matter the consequence. There will be no forgiveness.

(There are grunts and more splashes as the D-Class grabs XXXX-B and begins to punch it repeatedly.)

Adams: Abort! Abort Goddammit! For the love of God, Stop!

(There is the sound of a wire being pulled taught and then reeled in. The D-Class screams as he is dragged from the pit to a spot outside the house. A few minutes pass, and the D-Class calms down)

D-Class: I understand now the deep evil of damnation. The creature we all feared will not destroy us. We will destroy it. I see too the consequence of this destruction. It is no matter. There is no pain not worth suffering to end this evil. How long can we wait? It must die. If we must too, so be it.
(A loud gunshot, followed by the thump of a body hitting grass)

End of log.

+ Addendum C

Poem written on the stones around XXXX-C.

They locked away his evil
And made him make the key
To try to stop destruction
And save eternity

To kill the creature will release
The demon from below
Accursed beast with cursed name
That all the world will know

The first six he made monsters
To fuel the people's rage
So that the seventh they would kill
And free him from his cage

You thought you could deceive us
And hide the last offspring
But one day we will take its life
Then comes the Scarlet King