SCP-4047 Paint For Blood

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Item#: SCP-4047

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: There is currently no known way to contain or suppress SCP-4769. SCP-4047 is to be monitored by at least nine (9) Level 4 Personnel at all times. It is to be regularly transported between five (5) Foundation approved sites, those being Site-███ Site-███ , Site-███ , Site-███ , and Site-███. Transportation is to occur on a monthly basis via helicopter and to prevent intervention from SCP-4047-3.¹

Should Contamination Event occur on-site or in a civilian setting, MTF Beta-7 ("Maz Hatters") are to be dispatched to the area and immediately terminate all instances of SCP-4047-1 on sight. Retrieval of SCP-4047 should not be attempted until at least seven (7) hours after a contamination event.

Unaffected personnel and civilians are to be administered Class-X Amnestics and assigned to low-stress activities (i.e. janitorial duties, and file management) and should be closely monitored to reduce the likelihood of a containment breach should they begin transformation.

SCP-4047-3 is mostly uncontainable, but it is to never come in contact with SCP-4047 under any circumstances.²

Description: SCP-4047 is a 24cm by 30cm painting of a small girl presumably letting go of a balloon, with a silver and tungsten filigree antique frame. What the painting portrays is widely thought to be insignificant, but this is sometimes disputed. SCP-4047 is assumed indestructible, as it shows little to no wear even though it was first recovered by the Foundation in the year 19██, and recovered once more in 20██. It has been seen to survive all attempts to destroy it.

SCP-4047 seems to activate at random, but it does seem to activate more often when within ten (10) feet of a human or other living being. When activated, SCP-4047 emits purple, gas-like fumes that seem to home-in on living beings from an infinite distance. They have also been reported to smell of "rotten almonds". These fumes seem to quickly corrode all inorganic material they come in contact with, thus making effective containment near impossible.

Upon inhalation of said fumes, they liquiefy and resolidify inside the host's boy, turning into fetus-like entities, hereby designated SCP-4047-2. Each entity is no larger than a white blood cell, with numbers varying between 35 and 465, depending on the amount of fumes inhaled. The entities first travel to the hosts spine, taking full control of the host's movements.³

Once this has happened, approximately half of the entities then move to the host's heart, where they [DATA EXPUNGED], causing extreme pain, and use the blood vessels to travel throughout the host's body, colonizing the entire body. All of this occurs in exactly forty-two (42) seconds. Approximately two (2) minutes after this occurs, the host has fully transformed into an instance of SCP-4047-1.

Once the transformation has finished, there are no visible changes except for the hosts constant screaming due to the excruciating pain it is experiencing, and extreme aggression. All instances of SCP-4047-1 seem to have greatly enhanced strength, approximately 4-5 times that of a normal human, and are impervious to all forms of damage excluding firearms, intense heat, and [DATA EXPUNGED]. When wounded, SCP-4047-1 instances will not bleed regular blood, but rather a dark blue sludge that is molecularly similar to the fumes that SCP-4047 emits.⁴ SCP-4047-1 entities are extremely aggressive to all forms of life, including other SCP's, and will stop at nothing to destroy all nearby life forms, or convert any life form strong enough to undergo a transformation. SCP-4047-1 instances has been seen to convert other life forms through [DATA EXPUNGED]. After all life forms in the initial area have been either killed or converted, all converted beings gather into a large pile in a random area until another living being comes into the vicinity.

When an animal or other non-human entity inhales the fumes, they become completely catatonic. Their blood pressure rises exponentially until they eventually explode, releasing more of the fumes into the air. The exact process of transformation in non-human entities is still unknown due to the danger of attempting an in-depth analysis. Plants are unaffected. Note that, from the time they begin transformation to the moment hosts expire, they are completely capable of vocalization, and are not mentally impaired in any way.

Strangely, if the amount of fumes inhaled exceeds a certain threshold, SCP-4047-2 entities will not form for much longer than otherwise, usually around a decade after the initial inhalation. Individuals in which this circumstance manifests are deemed Asymptomatic and are demoted to common work.

Discovery: SCP-4047 was initially discovered during an investigation into the murder of six (6) women and seventeen (17) men at a brothel in █████, ██████. During the investigation SCP-4047 was taken to the █████ Forensics Department as evidence, before a second activation, effectively killing everyone in the area before Foundation operatives were able to retrieve it. The arifact was then lost due to a Contamination event at Site-███, and later recovered at a pawn shop in downtown █████ after a small contamination event had killed one (1) and grievously injured three (3) others. It is currently in circulation between five different sites, as listed in the Special Containment Procedures.

+ Open Addendum 4047-3-A

[SCP-4047-3 is a humanoid entity standing at 16' tall, and weighs an estimated ███ lb. It has 8' long arms and legs, and no head, and strength comparable to an average Silverback Gorilla. It is completely black and has no features whatsoever, but is acutely aware of it's surrounding despite it's lack of visible ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. It is seemingly obsessed with keeping SCP-4047 from Foundation hands for currently unknown reasons, and is the reason regular transportation of the artifact is necessary. It is also assumed that it is the main cause of Incident 4047-1-B. It is wildly unpredictable, possibly due to the overall intelligence it has displayed in it's attempts, as it has sometimes actively hunted down and attacked high ranking Foundation personnel and MTF's and other times hid from even low ranking personnel during it's many attempts to retrieve the artifact but has only succeeded in acquiring it once.⁵ Nothing else is known about SCP-4047-3.]

There have been many contamination evemts since it came into Foundation hands, resulting in the deaths of over ████ Foundation personnel.

+ LEVEL 5/4047 CLEARANCE REQUIRED

[The following document is Incident Report 4047-3-B.

(These events were discovered via various cameras throughout the facility.)

Date:██/█/██, 7:30 PM
During a routine transportation procedure between Site-███ and Site-███, SCP-4047-3 suddenly appeared on the heli-pad at Site-███. It is assumed that it had somehow manged to make it through the elaborate web of cameras in the forest nearby, and climbed onto the helipad without security or containment personnel, although this is highly unlikely and widely disputed. By the time it was sighted, the helicopter carrying SCP-4047 was already approximately 230m from the heli-pad. Security rushed to detain SCP-4047-3, but were all but decimated by an unknown scimitar-like weapon used by SCP-4047-3, which easily cut through security personnel. Once the helicopter carrying SCP-4047 was 50m from Site-███, the Site went into full lockdown and attempted to warn the pilot, but SCP-4047 began a Contamination Event, causing the helicopter to crash onto Site-███. SCP-4047-3 ran into the crashed helicopter and retrieved the artifact, and proceeded to [DATA EXPUNGED]. All on-site personnel were converted, and were subsequently wiped out by MTF Alpha-1 ("Red Right Hand") under specific orders from the 05 Council.

The following is the transcript of an audio log found in the facility following the clean-up of all converted personnel, assumed to have been made by Researcher ██████ after the contamination event.

*Audio Recording Starts*

*Heavy breathing*

"My name is… It doesn't fucking matter anymore. I… They're all fucking dead! The higher-ups… They… They must've known something was going to happen, right? They must've! Those bastards!"

*A shuffling noise is heard, followed by a thud and a groan, likely Researcher Chandler standing up quickly and falling back down*

*It is silent for 18 seconds*

"I tried to warn them, I… I didn't know what to do when that fucking monster killed our security. Most everyone was outside due to the nice, cool weather. One minute, they were oustide laughing and joking around, pretending that when they came back inside they wouldn't have to file a report, or perform and experiment, or feed one of the SCP's a human child, or something… They were being normal people. Even Amaria. She…"

*Researcher Chandler's voice begins to crack, assumed to be him tearing up*

"Even when the helicopter crashed on 2 of us… And she and everyone else started to turn… While everyone else was screaming their lungs out, all that Amaria said was… She said… All that… She said into her hand-held… 'Hurry and close the vents, so that you don't turn as well.' She sounded so calm… Even though she was experiencing pain that would kill a horse, and even in her dying breaths, she was thinking of someone else!

*Researcher Chandler begins sobbing as constant screaming is heard in the distance*

"I know I should detonate the on-site warhead, but… Even if we *could* save them… They wouldn't be the sa-"

*Multiple loud bangs are heard on the control room door, followed by extremely loud screams, suggesting they are quite close*

"No… No… Nononono please God spare me please!"

*A loud bang is heard as the control room door presumably opens, and multiple screams and gunshots are heard*

*Recording ends*

No further info is available on this incident.]

Follwing the Incident, Keter re-classification is being considered.

Footnotes

1. [A proposal to instead use SCP-███
To transport it has been noted, and is currently being debated by the 05 council.]

2. [See Addendum 4047-3-A]

3. [Subejct's have not expressed any pain or uncomfortability as this occurs.]

4. [Upon expiration of SCP-4047-1 instances, this sludge turns into paint of an unknown brand and quality.]

5. [It's erratic behavior may suggest that it is simply receiving orders from someone, or something else.]