Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Symbol Reconstruction Format of SCP-XXXX-1. By connecting segments at same-color marks, SCP-XXXX-1 can be recreated. Image scanned on ██/██/07
Special Containment Procedures: All forms of SCP-XXXX are to be stored in Symbol Reconstruction Format (see below) on a private digital server. This server is to be connected to a set of continuous stationery laser printers. These printers are each dedicated to the containment of a single instance of SCP-XXXX. The printers should be inspected daily, with special care taken to ensure each printer is fully stocked on ink and continuous stationery paper.
Each printer is attached to a specialized scanner. Every .25 seconds, the scanner checks the contained instance of SCP-XXXX for changes from its previous state. If there are any discrepancies found, the incident is recorded and the printer automatically printers a replacement of that SCP-XXXX instance.
Symbol Reconstruction Format is currently the only safe way of storing instances of SCP-XXXX digitally. The format involves breaking down the instance into a collection of non-anomalous component images. Utilizing the anomalous images involves reconstructing the instance digitally. These files are stored on the server, and distributed to the printers whenever the scanners detect a discrepancy.
Earlier versions of SRF would occasionally see the image be corrupted inside the printer’s memory during a print. This would stall re-containment for approx. one second. SRF 2.0 constructs the image at the same rate it is being printed to avoid this problem, and each symbol gets its own dedicated printer/scanner. These optimizations allow all recovery cycles to occur in one second or less, even if more runes are added to the system.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a collection of symbols that grant anomalous properties to any object they are drawn or carved upon. When a physical recreation of SCP-XXXX is finalized, all visual representations of the instance (including digital images on databases) are replaced by with a smudge. These symbols are currently known by various Groups of Interest, but they cannot effectively utilize the objects that are currently under Foundation watch without automated containment protocols detecting the event and erasing the instance.
It is known there are at least ██ uncontained instances of SCP-XXXX [See recovery log XXXX]. Unless noted otherwise, SCP-XXXX instances stop applying anomalous effects when removed from an object. Currently contained instances are as follows:
- SCP-XXXX-1 grants objects anomalous physical properties. The object effectively acts with two different masses: one for the purposes of accelerating and one for decelerating. Effected objects accelerate as normal, but decelerate as though they have 1/5 the mass. This violation of inertia greatly reduces the energy transfer in impacts. How the physics of acceleration and deceleration are differentiated by SCP-XXXX-1 is unknown.
- SCP-XXXX-2 turns the object into a cognitive projection. If SCP-XXXX-2 is on an object when a person touches it, the object will cease to exist, and manifest as a persistent hallucination inside the person's mind, accompanied by a sense of melancholy that increases with the weight of the object. When another copy of SCP-XXXX-2 is created, the mental object appears somewhere within 2 meters of the previous carrier. No long term psychological harm has been found from the process.
- SCP-XXXX-3 The object grows eye-stalks and begins secreting slime, but does not gain sentience. If applied to a living organism, that organism also [REDACTED] over the course of 2-3 hours. This is fatal in ██% of cases.
Date: ██/██/07
Personnel: Mobile Task Force Iota-26 "Witchhunters", Junior Researcher Creech, Dr. Kramer
Operation Goals: MTF on a mission to intercept a meeting of the Serpent's Hand that was suspected to have anomalous materials.
Timeline: After initial exchanges, Serpent's Hand members fled, leaving behind a printed sheet with over ██ symbols. The sheet displayed numerous anomalous properties, including those granted by SCP-XXXX-(1 through 3). Sheet was contained and delivered to Dr. Kramer, who instructed Junior Researcher Creech to copy the symbols into Foundation records.
Early attempt to recreate SCP-XXXX-1 by Dr. Kramer and Junior Researcher Creech. Image scanned on ██/██/07
Sheet was digitally scanned. On ██/██/07 at 14:45, Kramer noticed scanned instances of SCP-XXXX instances being erased from Foundation Database 4 at a rapid rate. The original object was checked, and it was found that 6 symbols and multiple anomalous properties were missing from the object. In an effort to save data, Creech copied several symbols onto a napkin, granting the napkin anomalous properties. These instances were soon lost, but Kramer and Creech managed to recreate three symbols from memory after the event. Four other symbols were also drafted by Creech, but she admits "[she] might have forgot some details." Efforts to recreate these symbols for containment are ongoing.
The original parchment on which we discovered SCP-XXXX was initially believed to the anomaly. It was a flying living scroll with runes dancing on its surface with tendrils and eyes growing from it, wreathed in a cold flame. It, and the flame on it were monochrome, and it freely entered minds of the agents who collected it. Interviews with MTF Iota-26 and experiments before the runes went missing reveal a number of strange properties on the scroll, most of which are recorded here. It's unknown which runes give which properties, but it is suspected that many of these effects could have stemmed from multiple runes acting together. - Dr. Kramer
Known Anomalies from SCP-XXXX's recovery:
- Object produced a heatless flame. The object was not damaged by this flame.
- Object weakly compelled individuals to ignore it. This effect is the suspected reason the Serpent's Hand members left it as they fled. Effect was resisted in-part due to it being "a very obvious, glowing black and white magic thing".
- Object, and flame on the object were monochrome (grayscale) in color. This effect was among the first to disappear.
- Object produced viscous fluid (Attributed to SCP-XXXX-3)
- Object was capable of ignoring the effect of gravity.
- Object had numerous tendrils of up to 1 meter in length.
- Object highly resistant to physical damage.
- Object had multiple eyestalks (Attributed to SCP-XXXX-3)
- Object could be stretched and pulled.
- Object could disappear and reappear as a mental construct in a person's mind. Once expelled from the mind, all changes made to the mental object are reverted. (Attributed to SCP-XXXX-2)
- Object was incredibly difficult to move, and reacted to phsyical forces unintuitively (Partially explained by SCP-XXXX-1)
- Object made no sound when moved.
- Object, if threatened, would attempt to [DATA EXPUNGED].
The parchment had 24 distinct spaces, each containing a separate instance of SCP-XXXX. For this reason, it is suspected there are at least 21 uncontained instances of SCP-XXXX.
Notice: Since containment, additional instances of SCP-XXXX have been recovered. See Extended Log-XXXX for instance notes and Addendum 06/30/08 for further details. This document has been left in its original form for archival reasons.
Addendum ██/██/08: During a test, both SCP-XXXX-2 and SCP-XXXXX-3 were applied to a single object. The resulting cognitive object is capable of simple autonomous behavior with respect to the host's imaginary or perceived environments. The entity resists mental commands from the host, but is still subject to the imagined laws of the host's mental world. When the object is ejected from the mind, it is restored to its original state. This experiment confirms the existence of interactions between various SCP-XXXX instances, and permission to begin further testing is pending on the approval of Director ██████. More information in Extended Log-XXXX(link goes here)
Addendum 06/30/08: A new instance of SCP-XXXX has been discovered thanks to the efforts of Dr. Kramer and Jr. Researcher Creech. This instance has be titled SCP-XXXX-4, and all data involved with its creation has been stored. Details of SCP-XXXX-4 can be found in Extended Log-XXXX(link goes here).
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Extended Log-XXXX
Notice: Because all XXXX instances hold different properties, each instance is, for the purpose of classified information rules, a unique SCP object (ie, viewing an XXXX instance file you are not cleared for is equivalent to viewing an object file you do not have clearance for). As of 07/03/08 the original SCP-XXXX document will not be updated with further information about XXXX instances in following with this rule. A specialized classification system has been designed for XXXX instances, based on their properties and containment needs.
XXXX-#: 1
Instance Source: Unknown
Instance Class: Stable
Breach Rate: 0.06935
Description: XXXX-1 grants objects unique spacial properties relating to inertia. Objects under the effects of XXXX-1 quickly lose momentum relative to their current reference frame, and collide with objects with significantly less force. Tests have shown this effect reduces the cutting ability of knives, the penetration ability of bullets, and the bounce height of rubber balls, but increases the height delicate objects can fall before shattering.
XXXX-#: 2
Instance Source: Unknown
Instance Class: Stable
Breach Rate: 3.23341
Description: XXXX-2 allows an object to enter a metaphysical, cognitive state. If an XXXX-2 affected object is touched by a sapient organism, it will cease its physical existence and take on the form of a cognitive construct. The object may manifest in both imagined worlds and as a hallucination in the physical world, and is wholly subject to the will of the carrier. Whether the object is expelled by choice of the carrier or by removing XXXX-2 from it is inconsequential, as the object always appears within 2 meters of the carrier physically unchanged. Sentients and digital recording devices that enter a carrier retain memory of this time period.
XXXX-2 affected objects create negative emotions in the carrier, with heavier objects creating more negative emotions. Individuals carrying over 50kg of materials in this manner are considered high-risk for suicidal actions until the cognitive object is removed.
XXXX-#: 3
Instance Source: Unknown
Instance Class: Stable
Breach Rate: 0.02056
Description: XXXX-3
XXXX-#: 26
Instance Source: Gamers Against Weed
Instance Class: Stable
Breach Rate: 0.0031
Description: XXXX-21, when placed on a piece of technology with internet access, automatically attempts to install the free to play video game "League of Legends" onto the device. If it is successful and the device can run the software, it will continuously play competitive ("ranked") games at a very high skill level until it reaches the maximum rank, at which point it will uninstall the game and leave it several negative reviews on various websites. These reviews are typically violently worded, full of misspellings and include large amounts of factually incorrect information about the game.
XXXX-#: 29
Instance Source: Gamers Against Weed
Instance Class: Euclid
Breach Rate: 1.20045
Description: XXXX-24 was anonymously dropped off at a Foundation site on the back of an electronic musical birthday card. It continuously produces the phrase "Hey, we heard you like Marins!" at a volume of 80db. Every 5-15 days it replaces all ink and graphite in a 2 meter radius with soy milk. Its high breach rate, ability to damage containment measures, and generally annoying properties is considered evidence that XXXX-29 was created as a response to the containment of XXXX-26.
XXXX-#: 48
Instance Source: SCP Foundation
Instance Class: Thaumiel
Breach Rate: 0.00000; Should a breach ever occur, O5 Council is to be immediately notified about a possible CK-class reality restructuring scenario.
Description: XXXX-48 is a runic seal designed to contain XXXX-47. Any picture inside XXXX-48 is frozen in stasis, preventing anomalous properties from manifesting. XXXX-48 and XXXX-47 are automatically reprinted at 11:59:58 PM EST every night, as this timing allows the system to automatically recall XXXX-47 within microseconds should it breach.
XXXX-#: 47
Instance Source: Unknown
Instance Class: Keter
Breach Rate: 0.00000, however a breach is always attempted at 11:59:59 PM EST.
Description: [DATA EXPUNGED]. It is believed an automated system is attempting to call for XXXX-47.
To: pc.s|4hceercd#pc.s|4hceercd
From: 56.851.361.691|122.735.pmet#56.851.361.691|122.735.pmet
Subject: Thank you
Body:
I'm being very sincere, thank you so much.
We've been trying to figure out a way to lock down the Redbloom (the dangerous one) for centuries now, but you managed to solve the problem nice and cleanly. We would have told you about it more directly, but you would have just used our olive branch against us (sorry! but it's true, you do that). Doing it this way ended up much better for everyone involved. We intentionally left the Marin runes at that "meeting", and just as expected you discovered & dealt with the Redbloom on your own.
All of that stuff about saving the world said, we would really appreciate if you stopped stealing the other Runes, though. It's generally considered incredibly rude to hog a Rune like that, they're public use. I wouldn't say it wasn't worth sacrificing them to get Redbloom under control, but you don't have to worry about jailing them.
Per 
