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SCP-XXXX-1 placed on a table, shortly after initial recovery.
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX-1 is to be kept in an airtight containment chamber at all times when not undergoing testing, chiefly located at Site ██. The chamber is to be constructed of lead or other radiation-resistant material with a thickness of at least 50 centimeters. The interior is to be layered with at least 5-centimeter thick tungsten plating or similar heat-resistant material on all viable surfaces. At least one airtight port is to be present to allow retrieval of SCP-XXXX-1 and is to remain sealed at all times when testing is not underway. All testing of SCP-XXXX-1 must occur within at least 24 hours of the previous C5 event ceasing for safety.
At least two infrared laser systems and two Geiger counters1, all thermally and radioactively protected are to be attached to the interior of the chamber to constantly monitor SCP-XXXX-1 for C5 events. In case of a C5 event, liquid nitrogen or similar coolant is to be manually poured by designated staff automatically flood the chamber until the temperature reaches an acceptable level (~295° K or lower) and excess radiation is to be scrubbed by designated D-Class personnel automated drones, as to prevent a build-up of radioactive waste and allow safe extraction of SCP-XXXX-1 for testing. Bi-weekly maintenance checks on the chamber and equipment for damage are mandatory.
SCP-XXXX-2 is to be kept in a Standard Anomalous Object Containment Locker next to SCP-XXXX's containment chamber, and not to be removed except for approved testing or relocation.
Due to the possible implications of SCP-XXXX, under no circumstances is the exact nature of SCP-XXXX to be divulged to anyone with less than Level 4 Security Clearance, with exception to Level 3 researchers explicitly tasked with testing. Testing of SCP-XXXX will not take place unless the express permission of the Site Director is given. Any personnel found divulging information are to be demoted, amnesiacied, and to be permanently taken off work with SCP-XXXX.
Description: SCP-XXXX denotes two parts: SCP-XXXX-1 and SCP-XXXX-2. SCP-XXXX-1 is a metallic cylinder, ~10 centimeters in height, and ~5 centimeters in diameter. The object is hollow and possesses a lid that allows access to its interior. The object is constructed mostly of silver, minus the lid, and the base, which are both made of 24k gold. The interior is layered with a quarter centimeter thick layer of 22k gold. SCP-XXXX-1 possesses intricate patterns along its exterior, possibly for aesthetic purposes. Close inspection under a microscope has determined these patterns extend to at least the microscopic scale. Attempts to date SCP-XXXX-1 have proven inconclusive, with dates ranging from ~500 million years to over ~4 billion years old. Despite this, the object shows no obvious physical signs of aging.
When SCP-XXXX-1's lid is opened, if whoever is holding it should make a brief statement or say a phrase into the cylinder, regardless of which language was used, a number written in their first language will materialize at the bottom of the cylinder for several seconds before fading. The origin of the number or how SCP-XXXX-1 determines what number should best 'represent' the statement or phrase (if it is indeed not simply random), is unknown.
On occasion, extreme heat and radiation2 will begin spawning from SCP-XXXX-1's opening, known as C5 events, or 'XXXX-C5' events. Testing has shown it seemingly impossible to close the lid during this time, and the average time before the event ends by itself approximately ~5 hours. If the lid was closed prior to the event's initiation, video feeds have shown it simply opens by itself. Temperatures have been recorded to approach 2,200° K when left unchecked. If the temperature inside SCP-XXXX-1 is brought down to ~550° K or lower artificially, the energy generation will cease, temperatures will stabilize and the C5 event will conclude. The timing of these events is seemingly random, but a second C5 event has never been shown to occur within at least 48 hours of another C5 event ceasing, and usually occur at least a few times per month.
SCP-XXXX-2 is an otherwise standard sheet of paper containing text written in a remote dialect of ancient Akkadian. Testing has shown the text to have been applied manually, as opposed to printed or copied. The paper shows signs of old age, including yellowing and wrinkling, though still disproportionate to it's currently estimated age. Attempts to date SCP-XXXX-2 have proven inconclusive, with ages ranging from ~500 million years to over ~4 billion years. How SCP-XXXX-2 survived such long periods of time is currently unknown. SCP-XXXX-2 has also been shown to be completely resistant to extreme temperatures, with only minor signs of burning at temperatures exceeding even 2,200° K.
The following is a roughly translated version of SCP-XXXX-2.
Note: Due to the rarity of this dialect, several sentences and words have been indecipherable. The best translations turned up odd, but readable, sentences. Foundation codebreakers have done a fantastic job translating the distorted dialect that we found the thing in, but they ARE still human. They've had to make more than a few guesses. As such, we've designated all unknowns with the word '[INDECIPHRABLE]' for ease of archival. -Dr. ████████ █████
0: Irrelevant. Unknown. [INDECIPHRABLE].
1: Not important. [INDECIPHRABLE]. The stuff to which occurs in the background of the story.
2: Not very important. Could affect some [INDECIPHRABLE], but little.
3: Still not important, but has greater effect on story. Instance; (parents/spouse) of (main/primary) character.
4: Important plot point. [INDECIPHRABLE]. Without story seem (incomplete/nonexistent). [INDECIPHRABLE]. Take (note/attention). [INDECIPHRABLE]. [INDECIPHRABLE]. Note: This entire section is a mess. I'm through with it. You try and decipher this nonsense if you think you can do better. -Dr. █████.
5: Important plot point. Required for story to (advance/move forward). Say, (death/vanishing) of character like █████ ████. (Take note/pay attention) to them.
6: Almost most important plotpoint. [INDECIPHRABLE]. Say, one of main conflict of story, your small horse, [REDACTED].
7: Almost most important plotpoint. Instance: Main conflict of story, (antagonist/rival), universe [INDECIPHRABLE], [REDACTED].
8: Most important plotpoint. (Entirely/mostly) necessary to story. Instance: Main conflict of story, SCP Foundation. (Many/lots of) importance to plot.
9: Most important plotpoint. (Main/primary) character, turning point, terra.
10: Necessary to all stories. Instance: the Scarlet King, the Tenicurst, stardust, six eight two, ████████, [INDECIPHRABLE.], and [REDACTED].
11: [REDACTED]
12: [REDACTED].
Foundation scientists have guessed that the number which materializes at the bottom of SCP-XXXX-1 is supposed to represent a level of 'importance' to a 'plot', 'story' or 'narrative' of sorts. Whether the usage of literary terms was meant to be figurative or literal is unknown.
Note: The following is a transcript of the first SCP-XXXX-1 testing session. All further testing transcripts can be found in the directory Home/SCiPNet/SCPs/SCP-XXXX/SCP-XXXX-1-Tests.
Addendum XXXX.01: Testing Log #1 (Abridged)
| Phrase: | Procedure: | Number Generated: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Testing, testing, one, two, three…" | The phrase 'testing, testing, one, two, three' was made into the opening of SCP-XXXX-1. | 0. | Nothing. |
| "Hello?" | SCP-XXXX-1 was 'greeted' with a simple hello, in case of sentience. | 0. | "Still isn't showing any of the numbers from SCP-XXXX-2 besides 0. Perhaps I should be more specific?" -Dr. ███████ |
| "Rocks." | The existence of rocks was acknowledged into SCP-XXXX-1. | 0. | Nothing. |
| "The concept of a rock." | The existence of rocks was made into SCP-XXXX-1. | 1. | "And that seems to have done the trick. But this raises some very interesting questions." -Dr. ███████ |
| "That rock, right over there." | A rock was placed on a nearby table, and an acknowledgment of its existence made into the top of SCP-XXXX-1. | 1. | "Conclusion; it can infer what we are referring to, even if that thing isn't explicitly described. So, we don't need to give it coordinates as to which rock we are talking about. But does that mean it can subtly read minds?" -Dr. ███████ |
| "The object I am currently thinking of." | Dr. ███████ visualized a Rubix Cube, and then acknowledged the existence of his visualization into SCP-XXXX-1. | 0. | "Conclusion; it doesn't seem to be able to read our minds. But yet, the previous test showed it could detect what I was referring to, that being a rock, despite… strange. But that's to be expected. Will investigate further." -Dr. ███████ |
| "The planet Earth." | An acknowledgment of the planet Earth was made into the top of SCP-XXXX-1. | 9. | "Strange. What's the difference between the Earth and the rock in the last test? They're both just rocks, in essence. And giving that it can apparently recognize the names we as humans gave to material objects, I wonder how it would respond to various SCPs?" -Dr. ███████ |
| "SCP-914." | An acknowledgment of SCP-914's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 0. | "Hm. Perhaps if I phrase it differently…" -Dr. ███████ |
| "The object we know as SCP-914." | An acknowledgment of SCP-914's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 6. | "I wonder why it needs to be phrased this way." -Dr. ███████ |
| "The entity we know as SCP-1730." | An acknowledgment of SCP-1730's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 5. | "Curious. Do ALL SCP's have a high number?" -Dr. ████ |
| "The entity we call SCP-1429." | An acknowledgment of SCP-1429's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 2. | "I suppose they don't." -Dr. ████ |
| "The entity we call SCP-XXXX-1." | An acknowledgment of SCP-XXXX-1's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 0. | "What, can it not pick up its own existence? Odd. Maybe it just doesn't recognize itself by that term. But yet it recognizes the other SCPs by their given designations…" -Dr. ████ |
| "The totality of the concept we call SCP-087." | An acknowledgment of SCP-087's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 7. | [REDACTED] -Dr. ████ |
| "The entity we know as SCP-999." | An acknowledgment of SCP-999's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 11. | [REDACTED] -O5-11 |
| "The entity we know as SCP-2000." | An acknowledgment of SCP-2000's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 10. | [REDACTED] -Dr. ████ |
| "The totality of the concept known as SCP-3333." | An acknowledgment of SCP-3333's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 5. | [REDACTED] -Dr. ███████ |
| "The totality of the concept we know as SCP-001." | An acknowledgment of 001's existence was made into SCP-XXXX-1's opening. | 13. | "All information regarding further test results from mentioning other SCPs into SCP-XXXX-1 is now classified to Level 5 and up." -O5-13 |
Note: Shortly after the previous experiment's results were cataloged, testing was interrupted with an announcement that personnel were no longer allowed to mention other SCPs in testing with SCP-XXXX-1, with the exception of the head researchers, Dr. ██████████ and Dr. ███, though only with complete O5 approval and no other witnesses.
| "The human race." | Standard procedure. | 9. | "It appears SCP-XXXX-1 can understand concepts that consist of more than a single object or entity, such as a species. What about more abstract things, like past events?" -Dr. ███████ |
| "The second world war." | Standard procedure. | 3. | "Conclusion; SCP-XXXX-1 can acknowledge more abstract concepts, such as events, rather than just physical objects or groups of objects." -Dr. ███████ |
| "The concept of dreams and dreaming." | Standard procedure. | 5. | "Interesting." -Dr. ███████ |
| "Australia." | Standard procedure. | 0. | "This feels like a Jeopardy game. 'What is the continent of Australia'? It all feels… off, to me." -Dr. ████ |
| "The continent of Australia." | Standard procedure. | 4. | "Some would argue the correct term is 'Australasia' or 'Oceania', but okay. Why the specification though, I wonder?" -Dr. ████ |
| "The continent of Antarctica." | Standard procedure. | 6. | "My main thought is simply; but why higher than Australia?" -Dr. ████ |
| "The SCP Foundation." | Standard procedure. | 8. | [REDACTED] -Dr. ████ |
| "The dissolution of the country of Russia." | Standard procedure. | 3. | "…Now, this hasn't actually occurred. Yet. Perhaps SCP-XXXX can make 'predictions' about the future rather than merely assigning numbers to concepts and objects? If that's true, then…" -Dr. ███████ |
| "The destruction of Earth." | Standard procedure. | 10. | "And so, in summary, it seems SCP-XXXX can detect what it's wielder infers the existence of, whether that be abstract concepts, tangible objects and entities, large groups of items, and events, both past and perhaps future. Though it's primary function seems to be assigning a 'value' of sorts to most of the aforementioned concepts, whatever that value means, if anything. But why does the Earth's inevitable destruction have such a high one?" Dr. ███████ |
| "The end of the SCP Foundation." | Standard procedure. | N/A | Before Dr. ████ could see the number, the first recorded C5 event suddenly initiated. See below. |
Note: At this time SCP-XXXX-1 initiated what would later go on to be called a C5 event and testing was terminated for the day. Dr. ███████ requested a reevaluation of safety protocols and containment procedures shortly following this incident. All further testing transcripts can be found in the directory Home/SCiPNet/SCPs/SCP-XXXX/SCP-XXXX-1-Tests.
Addendum XXXX.02: Recovery Log
(TO BE WRITTEN SOON)
Addendum XXXX.03: Revision and Update History (<2/2>)
Update ████/██/██: Dr. ███████ requested an update to SCP-XXXX-1's description, which added newly discovered information about SCP-XXXX-1's nature. Request accepted.
Update ████/█/█: Dr. ███████ requested a complete revision of SCP-XXXX-1's Special Containment Procedures, adding new information about SCP-XXXX-1's nature. Request accepted.
Update ████/█/██: Dr. ████ requested permission to personally completely revise SCP-XXXX-1's primary file. Request denied.
Update ████/█/██: Dr. ███████ requested an update SCP-XXXX-1's Special Containment Procedures, mostly involving automating the cleanup process after a C5 event. Request accepted.
Update ████/██/█: Dr. ███████ requested to declassify significant information redacted to Level 5 Security Clearance and up, down to Level 4 Security Clearance. Request pending.
