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Item #: SCP-4181
Object Class: Euclid Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-4181 are to be kept in a replica household of contemporary make with up-to-date appliances. This replica household is to be secured in an isolated area at site ██. The objects in SCP-4181’s containment chamber are not to be disturbed under any circumstances. Newly acquired instances of SCP-4181 are to be kept in a secure shipping container filled with furniture until a replica domicile becomes available at site ██. There are never to be more than 2 instances of SCP-4181 confined to a single domicile. See Incident Report 4181-003. SCP-4181 is to be fed according to the following procedures. Once a week, the refrigerator is to be removed from the domicile by remote-controlled drones, and replaced once it is re-stocked with the following: One pint of opened chocolate ice cream, a six-pack of beer or soda with one bottle/can removed, a 1 gallon milk container, half-full, an open, but full jar of spear pickles. An open loaf of white sandwich bread.
In the event of a containment breach, staff are ordered to lock down the facility, and follow protocol 4181-011. Thus far, SCP-4181 has shown an aversion to leaving any House, apartment, or Domicile containment cell with what almost appears to be agoraphobia, so containment breaches are unlikely.
Description: SCP-4181 is a species of small humanoid creatures with either extra-dimensional, or temporal abilities. Instances of SCP-4181 stand at a height of 6-9 inches, weigh approximately 8-10 ounces, and resemble a humanoid with hominid build, but scaly skin in green, gray, or brown tones, vertical-slitted irises, four claws at the end of elongated arms, and only two toes, ending in thick nails. Instances of SCP-4181 are very difficult to detect, even with infra-red or motion-sensors. The creatures seem to be able to vanish from one place, and appear in another. They prefer to live in human domiciles, and while usually docile and even helpful, they are easily provoked. Instances of SCP-4181 seem to be obsessive-compulsive, preferring things to be exactly a certain way. In some cases, this means arranging all books alphabetically by title, and in others, specifically leaving a single sock in a designated spot on the floor. If this order is disturbed, the creature will become irritable. If it is continually disturbed, the creature will become outright hostile.
SCP-4181 seems to prefer to consume high-sugar foods from previously-opened packages. The reason for this behavior is not known. It will consume everything but the last ½-1 ounce of food in any container, and leave the container exactly where they had found it. The reason for this is also unknown, but is suspected to have something to do with their obsessive orderly nature.
SCP-4181 seems to handle its own sanitation, and upkeep of its residency, often repairing or mending items that break due to normal wear and tear, even electronics. The level of complex knowledge required leads researchers to believe that SCP-4181 are sentient.
Attempts at communication with SCP-4181 have failed, as the creatures seem to vanish from sight whenever human beings are present. However, when provoked, they will reappear and attack in their own unique fashion.
When provoked to anger, specifically by interfering with their compulsive behavior, SCP-4181 will become hostile to all humans. Their preferred methods of attack seem to be to cause “accidents” to any humans. Their favorite method is knocking humans down by tripping, slipping, or sudden instability of the floor surface. Once a human is on the floor, the creatures will attempt to coordinate increasing escalation of events, involving any furniture, decorations, or appliances nearby. While not normally fatal, serious bodily harm has resulted from attacks by contained SCP-4181. Specially outfitted cameras have shown SCP-4181 pushing over bookshelves, televisions, hot coffee pots, and wall decorations to harm humans, despite the serious discrepancy between their size and the size and weight of the objects in question. SCP-4181 are estimated to have a strength on par with creatures ten times their size.
Only when the human that interfered with the compulsion has been satisfactorily injured and repelled will SCP-4181 return things to its preferred order. Testing has concluded that the more the compulsion has been interfered with, the more violent and disorderly the entity becomes. It will then be hostile to all humans it encounters. Instances that have never been exposed to testing have shown no violent tendencies, though with not all SCP-4181 compulsions fully catalogued or understood, the upgrade to Keter class remains.
SCP-4181 was first discovered in 19██ by researchers investigating paranormal activity in a small suburban home. It was only by chance that a researcher caught a glimpse of an instance of SCP-4181 on camera, and after careful review of footage, set a trap to neutralize the entity. A flash-bang grenade was use to stun the creature, where it was then transported immediately to site –- for testing.
Following incident 4181-002, no personnel are allowed to enter the secure environment of SCP-4181, even for testing. All testing is to be done remotely by drones.
Containment procedures have been updated to include new procedures for feeding, testing, and containment breach protocols.
Dr. Miller interviewing Dr. ███████
Inteview log: March 21, 20██.
<Begin Log>
Miller: All right. So what happened?
Dr. ███████: I don’t know. I was re-stocking the fridge per protocol, when I… I tripped over something when I backed up.
Miller: What did you trip over?
Dr. ███████: One of those bar stools, you know, for the uh… What is it, a breakfast bar? Something like that. Anyway, I fell backwards, and suddenly I’m burning all over.
Miller: Video shows that a pot of hot coffee fell on you.
Dr. ███████: I know! I was there!
Miller: Please stay calm.
Dr. ███████: I’m calm. Hey, come on, we’ve worked together for two years, don’t treat me like some D-class.
Miller: Just tell me what happened next, for the record.
Dr. ███████: *sighs* Well, I got up to try and get out of there, but as soon as I turned to leave, I smacked hard into an open cupboard. It knocked me back down, and I landed on that damned coffee pot. I’ve still got glass in my ass.
Miller: And then?
Dr. ███████: Well, by the time I scrambled out the door, I heard this huge crashing sound, and when I looked back, the whole refrigerator had come down. It must have missed me by inches. Seriously, these things are dangerous! I want to have a real talk with the administrator about their classification.
Miller: Dr. ███████, I’ve seen the video. There’s no sign that SCP-4181 had anything to do with your injuries besides apparently sliding the stool behind you.
Dr. ███████: Oh really?
Miller: Admittedly, our ability to detect SCP-4181 is still limited, but come on, you can’t really be telling me that the little half-pints in there knocked a fridge over on you.
Dr. ███████: Look, I can’t explain it. I feel like, working here, I shouldn’t need to.
Miller: Well, granted, but we are scientists. We still need evidence.
Dr. ███████: I’ve never delivered coffee grounds, or instant coffee to that containment chamber.
Miller: I’m sorry?
Dr. ███████: Where did the coffee come from?
*There is a long moment of silence.*
Miller: Keter it is, then.
Dr. ███████: ███████ right!
<End Log>
Incident Log: 4181-002 - Dr. ███████ was performing routine examination and re-stocking of containment chamber. Dr. ███████ moved a small ceramic cat figurine on the counter in order to examine the working order of the sink. The figurine was replaced, but not correctly. Video shows Dr. ███████ performing this task many times, disturbing the apparent compulsive order of the entity’s domicile. While re-stocking the refrigerator, a stool was upended, and video shows an instance of SCP-4181 carefully placing the stool behind Dr. ███████. As Dr. ███████ trips, SCP-4181 vanishes, and reappears at the counter, lifting and then dropping the coffee pot on Dr. ███████. At some point between time index 09:03, when Dr. ███████ entered, and 09:14 when the attack began, the coffee pot went from empty and inactive, to full. Slow-motion of the video shows SCP-4181 disappearing again, and reappearing as a cupboard door opens to strike Dr. ███████. The creature vanishes again, and reappears once more on the refrigerator, on top, where it begins pushing against the wall to move the refrigerator as Dr. ███████ flees the room.
After the crash of the refrigerator, SCP-4181 begins tearing apart the entire environment for approximately ten minutes. After which, it vanishes from video feed. It reappears 2 hours later, and begins repairing the damage it had caused, in some cases by unknown means, removing claw-marks and scuffs from the floor with nothing more than the rubbing of its hands.
Incident report X-003.
A third instance of SCP-4181 is introduced to Containment Domicile ███. Within minutes, the new instance begins tearing apart the environment, and actively fighting with the other instances. Countermeasures were deployed. Standard flash-bang detonation had predictable stun effect on all instances. Third instance was removed. Upon regaining consciousness, remaining SCP-4181 instanced immediately began repairing damage.
Addendum:
Keter classification granted until method of de-escalation of aggression is discovered. All new instances of SCP-4181 are to be tested only under very careful, controlled circumstances to avoid a repeat of these incidents.
