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Item #: SCP-5912

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5912 is kept in a standard containment chamber within Site-17's Low-risk objects wing. (mentioning Site-17 doesn't add much. I'd remove it)

The containment chamber is to be furnished with a variety of furniture and similar items measuring no more than 1.5 meters in height, to ensure SCP-5912 remains at a manageable size for convenience of containment. These items are to be rearranged weekly and replaced if significant damage occurs. (I think we should list some examples of furniture, to facilitate imagery better. Same with the furniture damage, which I assume comes from the miniature snow storms)

(some revisions to make here, mostly for brevity. You could combine the first and second sentences of the ConProcs, something like:

"SCP-5912 is kept in a standard containment cell furnished with various inexpensive amenities (couches, chairs, tables, etc.) for climbing purposes. Containment specialists should replace said furniture if damaged by climbing-related blizzards.)

Description: SCP-5912 is a humanoid entity measuring 3cm in height. Its physical exterior resembles a humanoid dressed in arctic mountain climbing attire, as if covering their entire body and obscuring their face, resembling that worn by Chinese mountaineers during the late 1960s (is there a name for this? If not, I'd cut it). Medical scans show SCP-5912’s interior to consist entirely of ice-water, sugar, and granite. SCP-5912's body temperature remains consistently at 0°C and it has no need for sustenance or sleep to survive. (not sure if explicitly necessary to mention its lack of need for sustenance. Mostly just distracts)

Growing out of SCP-5912’s back is a mound identical to a miniature rucksack. Equipped to it are several pieces of detachable tools and utensils, including an ice-pickaxe, grappling hook and rope, and a trekking pole. SCP-5912 is capable of opening the top of this appendage and producing various other pieces of mountaineering tools from within. SCP-5912 will only do so if any of its current tools go missing or become unusable from damage. While SCP-5912 shows to have no need for sustenance, it will accept fruit prepared small enough to fit into its rucksack appendage, particularly clementines and strawberries. It is unknown what happens to fruits stored. (I love this detail about the fruits)

SCP-5912 expresses signs of consciousness, although the extent of its intelligence and awareness is unknown. SCP-5912 does not appear capable of communicating with or understanding Foundation personnel. SCP-5912 is primarily interested in scaling nearby structures and objects, utilizing its climbing equipment to do so.

While SCP-5912 climbs a structure or object, the item in question will gradually become affected by anomalous phenomena. Phenomena manifest as miniature snow-storm clouds above the top of the item, alongside other weather phenomena including wind, and the temperature directly surrounding the item to lower below 2°C, allowing falling snow to stick to and pile on the object’s surface. Weather phenomena will increase in intensity as SCP-5912 continues scaling, causing storm clouds to expand in size, resulting in heavier snowfall and stronger blizzards. While these effects greatly hinder SCP-5912’s attempts to climb further, it will attempt to continue climbing regardless of difficulty.

SCP-5912 will continue scaling the item until it has reached the top, whereupon it will produce a miniature Chinese flag from its rucksack appendage and stick it onto the item. SCP-5912 will often remain at the top for several minutes examining the view, during which it will usually perform various gestures, such as extending its arms outwards and looking up, placing its hands on either side of its waist, or jumping with an arm raised into the air, before scaling back down again. Upon reaching the bottom, SCP-5912 will usually attempt to search for and scale any additional structures nearby. (pretty much anything before this I'd fix up with general reduction and combination)

If no objects are available for SCP-5912 to climb, it will enter an idle state, performing actions and expressing physical indications conveying boredom and a decline in attitude. If left in this state for elongated periods of time without stimuli, SCP-5912 will gradually begin decreasing in size. How SCP-5912 performs this is unknown, however water will exude from its body during this process. (moved this to the ending)

Discovery Log: SCP-5912 was discovered in Shouguang, China climbing "Jingshan", a local tourist attraction dubbed the smallest mountain in China, shortly following its official classification as a mountain¹.

SCP-5912 was initially recovered at the top of the mountain's peak, from inside a miniature camping tent it had set-up along with a foldable camping chair and gas-lantern, examining a small piece of folded paper. Inspection of the paper revealed it to be a miniaturized travel brochure written in Chinese, advertising climbing spots in the local area. (expanded to full log, see below)

REVISED DRAFT:

Item #: SCP-5912

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5912 is kept in a containment cell furnished with various inexpensive amenities (e.g. couches, chairs, tables, etc.) for climbing. Containment specialists should replace said furniture when severely damaged by climbing-related blizzards and are encouraged to provide SCP-5912 small fruits.

Description: SCP-5912 is a 3 cm-tall humanoid, resembling a mountaineer wearing a red expedition suit, balaclava, and rucksack. Despite this outer appearance, ice, sugar, and granite compose SCP-5912's interior, maintaining a constant 0°C internal temperature. The entity has not communicated verbally with Foundation personnel but displays consciousness and emotion via physical gestures. It has demonstrated a propensity for climbing tall objects compared to its own height.

SCP-5912 will roam its immediate area, searching for these objects. It seemingly prefers new objects, passing amenities it has previously topped. Once it has chosen an object to climb, it will attempt to ascend without pause.

SCP-5912 will use miniature climbing equipment attached to its rucksak to scale objects (e.g. ice axes, rope, grappling hooks, etc.). It will reach into the rucksack to replace damaged tools and for foraged/provided item storage.²

As the anomaly climbs, the scaled object's surrounding temperature drops and localized weather phenomena (e.g. wind, snowfall, etc.) manifest. SCP-5912 displays aptitude at climbing, determined to continue as conditions increasingly resemble standard ice-climbing. The higher it ascends, the more severe the localized weather becomes, transitioning to blizzards and ice storms. Despite the continuously more difficult conditions, SCP-5912 keeps climbing, slower than before. As it nears the top of its chosen structure, it will struggle to reach the summit and begin to tremble, but SCP-XXXX has succeeded in climbing all structures to date.

It will demonstrate congratulatory and ecstatic physical behavior once finishing its climb, often jumping up and down, waving its arms, and looking at its surroundings with its hands on its hips. After a variable time period, it will reach into its rucksack and plant a miniature flag for the Democratic Republic of China onto the object's top. Following this, it rappels down the structure and begins to search for another structure, repeating its common behavior.

Initial Containment: Containment specialists initially placed SCP-5912 within a small containment locker, possessing zero objects. Upon its containment, SCP-5912 urgently searched for objects in its locker, to no avail, inducing panic and sadness. Eventually, it displayed signs of boredom and lethargy, shrinking in size from internal melting. SCP-5912's placement in a larger, furnished cell seemingly rejuvenated the anomaly, thus facilitating current containment.

Footnotes

1. Measuring 0.6 meters in height, due to a majority of the mountain's mass remaining underground, with only its peak being visible.

2. It particularly accepts small fruits such as raspberries and strawberries. It will not accept other foodstuffs.