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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING FILE IS LEVEL 3/XXXX CLASSIFIED
Any attempt to access this file without Level 3/XXXX authorisation, including an approved database record, will be logged and will lead to immediate disciplinary action.
An illustration by D-6170 made using Microsoft Paint. SCP-XXXX (in centre) is not depicted to scale.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a glass exhibition stand inside a standard containment chamber at Site-617. All information about it is to be restricted to staff with 3/XXXX clearance and a full family history. Upon rescinding of clearance, class-C amnestics are to be administered. In-depth files are to be kept on all involved personnel, focusing on extant relatives and acquaintances and their current places of residence.
At all times, at least twenty people worldwide must be thinking about SCP-XXXX in some manner.1 A minimum of twenty D-class personnel are to be assigned a set of professional-grade artistic equipment (including, but not limited to, drawing, painting, woodcarving, sculpture, digital illustration, and mosaic) to illustrate SCP-XXXX.2 Out of these personnel, eight or more must be producing art at any given time. Researchers assigned to SCP-XXXX shall periodically reposition it inside its stand, and encourage personnel under their instruction to incorporate metaphorical content and allusions relating to it or its various properties.
Foundation staff are also to be encouraged to maintain background mental presence of SCP-XXXX via a variety of informational initiatives. See SCP-XXXX Ancillary Containment Log.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a container of purified water, resembling those commonly available in grocery stores for use with water cooling equipment. According to repeat chemical analysis, its content is completely uncontaminated, but otherwise equivalent to conventionally filtered water. The exterior is labeled "MOUNTAIN GLADE 100% Pure Water Isolate"3, conforming to no existing brand. When an attempt is made to empty SCP-XXXX of water, it is expelled in a conventional manner. However, its contents do not decrease during this process, leading to the vessel always appearing almost completely full.
When an individual is the sole person actively thinking about SCP-XXXX, they instantaneously disappear,4 subsequently being termed SCP-XXXX-1. Following the disappearance of SCP-XXXX-1, a friend, work acquaintance, or family member's5 bathtub or sink will fill up with water. Any person that was residing in the household at that time will subsequently neglect to drain this vessel under any circumstance, ignoring its behaviour and attempting to operate it as they would usually. Should it remain full after approximately 48 hours, they will disappear and become a new instance of SCP-XXXX-1.
Addendum XXXX.1: Discovery
During an investigation into potential anomalous plumbing-related disappearances in Auckland, New Zealand, Foundation operatives traced them to 9 people working in the supply closet where SCP-XXXX was stored. Most of these people had been in a situation where they would have seen SCP-XXXX, had mentioned it verbally or in writing, and were not in sight of other people at the time of their disappearance. At the time, it was theorised that the remainder also disappeared under similar circumstances.
This information resulted in provisional containment procedures being enacted. Although they disallowed one-person interaction, this limit only applied to sight, writing, and speech. To effect containment, Mobile Task Force Delta-12 ("Troubled Water") was employed to remove SCP-XXXX alone. This resulted in Incident XXXX-A, which involved the disappearance of two Task Force personnel.
The remainder of MTF Delta-12 managed to sucessfully retrieve SCP-XXXX, in addition to the box then used for its storage,6 and contain it. As of this writing, Foundation researchers and interviewed individuals have been unable to discover any delivery information relating to SCP-XXXX.
Addendum XXXX.2: Incident Report XXXX-A
On 3/09/2009, two members of Mobile Task Force Delta-12 (Δ-12B and Δ-12D) disappeared in the process of recovering SCP-XXXX. All involved personnel were equipped with emergency communications equipment. Δ-12D and Δ-12A were also also supplied with body-mounted recording and broadcasting equipment. This differed from standard Foundation-supplied models, adding a timestamp to all recorded video, alongside a watermark warning personnel not to view it alone. The relevant portions of the recordings preceding and during the incident have been transcribed below:
Exploration Video Log Excerpt 1
Date: 3/09/2009
Recording Device: Equipped by Δ-12A
Involved Personnel: Δ-12A (team lead), Δ-12C, Δ-12D7
[BEGIN LOG EXCERPT]
[14:21] Δ-12A: According to the info we received, the target should be just around this corner. Everyone clear?
[14:21] Δ-12B: Clear.
[14:21] Δ-12C: Clear. (pauses) Just like a bottle of water.
[14:22] Δ-12E: Clear.
[14:22] Δ-12A: (laughs) Good. Our target should be behind that door.
[14:25] Δ-12A, Δ-12B, Δ-12C, and Δ-12E stand with their back facing the wall, adjacent to the hinged side of the door.
[14:25] Δ-12B: Looks like it opens outwards.
[14:27] Δ-12E uses a crowbar to open the door without moving.
[14:27] Δ-12E: Time to go in.
[14:28] Δ-12A, Δ-12B, Δ-12C, and Δ-12E move in unison, ensuring that they all see SCP-XXXX at the same time. They enter the door, walking into a moderately-sized supply room. It is packed with unlabeled boxes stacked on shelving units. All three task force members separate and begin to search for SCP-XXXX.
[14:32] Δ-12A: Over here!
[14:32] Δ-12D disappears.
[14:32] Δ-12A: (turns around) Shit.
[END LOG EXCERPT]
Following the disappearance of Δ-12D and Δ-12B, the remainder of MTF Delta-12 operated under the assumption that SCP-XXXX's anomalous effects were based on thought. This was confirmed during debriefing, when all other involved personnel stated that they were not thinking about SCP-XXXX at the time. Immediately after their disappearance, Δ-12D's recording equipment transmitted the following recording before ceasing function:
Exploration Video Log Excerpt 2
Date: 3/09/2009
Recording Device: Equipped by Δ-12D
Involved Personnel: Δ-12D
[BEGIN LOG EXCERPT]
[14:33] The video feed displays static momentarily before resuming normal operation. Δ-12D is standing upon a rock formation in the middle of a large cave, surrounded by shallow water. Overhead, the cavern roof contains an opening letting in a small amount of light. The walls are smooth, with running water trickling down the side, excepting a one-metre-wide crevice perforating the section in front of Δ-12D. Notably, there is no other trace of fungi, flora, or fauna throughout the visible cave system.
[14:34] Δ-12D: (adjusting to the light) Anyone home?
[14:35] Δ-12D's voice reverberates around the cavern chamber.8
[14:36] Δ-12D: (looks around) Guess not.
[14:38] After hesitating, Δ-12D attemts to use their supplied emergency communications handset. It appears to be unresponsive.
[14:39] Δ-12D: Oh fuck me.
[14:42] Δ-12D pauses again and attempts to use the headset again, despite the apparent lack of any response.
[14:42] Δ-12D: In case anyone can hear me down here… That bottle seems to have some sort of (puts on accent) extremely advanced and pernicious memetic properties. I was only thinking about the fucking thing, and then, bam, I'm in this big-ass cave. Walls are as smooth as butter. There's a crack in the wall that I can get through. Other than that I have no idea how to get the fuck out of here. Over.
[14:58] Δ-12D reaches the gap in the wall. It is jagged on the side and top, but almost completely flat on the bottom, and barely wide enough to acommodate human usage. Miniscule drops of water flow down the sides. The light from the cavern begins to fully dissipate as it extends further ahead, disabling vision.
[15:00] As Δ-12D advances, the drops of water begin to increase in number.
[15:18] The drops of water descending along the crevice walls have increased in volume to the point where they are transformed into small trickles.
[15:21] Δ-12D momentarily turns around. No apparent change in the surrounding environment is visible.
[15:33] The view ahead is now fully darkened. Δ-12D continues to advance down the chamber, and switches on their light. The water flowing down the sides continues to increase in volume.
[15:51] Δ-12D tries to use the communications handset for the third time, with no change in behaviour.
[15:52] Δ-12D knocks on the chamber walls. This has no observable effect.
[16:02] Δ-12D retrieves a sandwich from their pocket and consumes it.9
[16:48] The water now covers the entirety of the wall surface ahead. As the volume continues to increase, the cave chamber gradually gets wider, seemingly to avoid the water touching any occupants. The amount of water covering the floor remains consistent.
[16:15] Δ-12D begins to show signs of fatigue, slowing down slightly.
[16:24] Δ-12D turns around again. There continues to be no change in the surrounding environment.
[16:58] Δ-12D ceases walking momentarily, then resumes.
[17:11] The pace of Δ-12D hastens significantly.
[17:21] Δ-12D begins to exhibit signs of fatigue.
[17:32] Δ-12D assumes a sitting position, placing themselves on the bottom surface of the chamber.
[17:21] A fourth attempt is made at external contact using Δ-12D's handset.
[17:42] Δ-12D resumes forward progress, but with some apparent difficulty.
[17:44] Δ-12D begins to experience considerable difficult in progressing forward.
[17:53] Δ-12D reassumes a sitting position.
[17:56] Δ-12D attempts to resume walking again, but seemingly cannot find the resolve to do so.
[18:00] Δ-12D lies down on the floor.
[18:02] Δ-12D attempts to lift themselves off the floor, but fails.
[18:04] Gradually, Δ-12D shifts themselves towards the current of water flowing down the left cavern wall.
[18:07] Δ-12D makes contact with the water.
[18:08] Δ-12D drinks the water.
[18:08] Expected video output abruptly ceases. The video feed displays static again momentarily, before switching to a recording of an informational science-related segment on CNN. The watermark and timestamp are absent from the rest of the recording.
[??:??] Female Reporter: -are even calling it "Vitamin W".
[??:??] Male Reporter: Yeah. I've heard that too. It's no wonder they've saying that, given how important it is to the body. A lot of those scientists say that your body is 80% water, but I don't think they really understand just what that means.
[??:??] Female Reporter: You know what, Mike? I think I might buy one of those gallon containers, you know, like they make for water coolers.
[??:??] Male Reporter: That would last forever. It would be amazing, so much pure, fresh, clean water. Not like the stuff that comes out of taps.
[??:??] Female Reporter: Exactly. I just wouldn't stop drinking it. And to anyone who's listening, you should do it as well. You can find them at Wal-Mart, Safeway…
[??:??] Male Reporter: Target.
[??:??] Female Reporter: Lots of places. Just drink it. You won't be able to believe the difference. Drink it.10
[END LOG]