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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a modified humanoid containment cell in the Bio-hazard containment wing of Site __ Site Boogaloo. The cell must be hermetically sealed, with the entrance replaced by a decontamination airlock. Any staff entering the containment cell must wear a Level A Hazmat suit and undergo complete decontamination upon exit. An overhead shower must encompass the entire containment cell and be active at all times. The floor must have multiple drainage grates, with all drainage water leading to a Class Y particle filtration system. Filtered drainage water must be tested for SCP-XXXX contaminants before being repurposed, with any water still contaminated being filtered again until no contaminants are present. Class Y particle filters must be replaced daily, with used filters incinerated. Containment chamber and drainage grates must be cleaned weekly, with contaminated cleaning supplies incinerated.

SCP-XXXX is allowed access to standard humanoid furnishings and amenities with the required modifications to make them waterproof, provided they do not violate Foundation security protocols and the entity maintains its cooperative nature with the Foundation. Furniture and amenity requests may be submitted to the Lead Bio-Hazard Researcher of Site __ Site Boogaloo.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a sapient hairless humanoid entity, with a mass approximately 72kg and a height of 1.79m. Genetic testing and facial comparisons have confirmed the entity was formerly a human male, ████ ██████, but gained its anomalous condition sometime after going missing on ██/██/20██. The entity is mute, but fluent in spoken and written English, communicating with Foundation staff with writing and typical human gestures. SCP-XXXX is currently being taught sign language, although it is not yet fluent.

SCP-XXXX's skin cells contain organelles that produce an unknown organic compound. The membrane of the organelles appears to not allow the compound to interact with the rest of the cell, preventing SCP-XXXX from suffering any ill effects from producing this compound. When these skin cells die, the organelles begin to rupture, releasing the compound. This compound is highly toxic and even low concentrations can lead to extreme coughing, fever and eventual death by multiple organ failure. Foundation toxicologists have classified this compound as a Level 4 Bio-hazard, with all attempts to create a cure for SCP-XXXX infection proving unsuccessful.

SCP-XXXX also appears to suffer from a severe skin condition similar to psoriasis¹ resulting in a constant shedding of skin cells, causing it pain in the process. This condition causes the entity's shed skin cells to become airborne and able to be inhaled, quickly leading to the bio-hazard being spread by air currents. It is unknown if this interaction is intentional, or if the condition is a disease incidentally contracted by SCP-XXXX. Typical skin treatments appear unsuccessful in controlling this condition, but keeping the entity's skin wet slows the process, additionally serving to mitigate some of the entity's pain. Cells trapped within water are no longer at a danger of spreading, and are easily disposed of in a water filtration system can still pose a danger as seen in Incident XXXX-2, and must be filtered immediately without leaving Site boundaries.

The entity appears to be regretful or at least conscious of the danger its condition creates, cooperating fully with and expressing concern for Foundation staff, even attempting to warn the initial recovery team.

Recovery: SCP-XXXX was discovered on ██/09/2018 in ███████, Australia. Foundation agents embedded in a local council were notified of a ███████ suburban property using extreme amounts of water. Agents found the property abandoned with SCP-XXXX sealed in the shower cubicle with silicon sealer, supposedly to minimize the spread of its airborne contaminants. When agents attempted to assess the entity, it caught their attention and wrote a warning about its condition in the condensation on the walls of the cubicle, telling the agents; "KEEP SHOWER STOP FUMES". The agents called in a hazmat recovery team, with a cover story of asbestos removal. With further warnings from the initial agents and SCP-XXXX, recovery was a success with no casualties and the entity was transported to Site __.

+ Recovery Log XXXX

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Addendum: After Incident XXXX-2, the Foundation finalized plans for the construction of Site Boogaloo and the relocation of SCP-XXXX and other anomalies that have containment procedures that require a large drain on local resources to the new site.

+ Incident XXXX-2:

Site __ infrastructure was hastily adapted for the containment procedures required for SCP-XXXX, while construction plans for Site Boogaloo began being drafted. Drainage water was piped to a building disconnected from the main site for filtration and re-purposing, utilizing pre-existing pipework.

On ██/01/2019, the pipeline transporting contaminated water ruptured and leaked approximately ███ tons of SCP-XXXX contaminants into the ██████ ███████ river system before the leak was contained, resulting in 4 casualties; a family swimming ██ kms downriver. The leak was classified as a containment breach, and MTF Beta-7 ("Maz Hatters") were assembled for cleanup of the river system. Cleanup was achieved before down-river civilian population centers were affected; however, the river ecology suffered large scale depletion of multiple species, notably fish, which affected local aquaculture and made national news.

MTF Beta-7 and Foundation agents cooperated with the government, disseminating the cover story that the event was caused by a combination of algal blooms and high water exploitation from river irrigation, and applied amnestics to witnesses of the cleanup operation and relatives of the casualties.
The resulting public backlash lead to an increase in tensions between the government and the Foundation.

to add: bits about how the incident escalated tensions between the govt and foundation. not sure how to build that narrative yet, would like some help

+ Meeting XXXX-4A Minutes, ██/██/2018: Site Director ██████, Minister ██████

Meeting XXXX-4A Minutes, ██/██/2018: Site Director ██████, Minister ██████
Interviewed: SCP XXXX

Interviewer: [Interviewer, can be blocked out using █]

Foreword: [Small passage describing the interview]

<Begin Log, [optional time info]>

Interviewer: [speech]

SCP XXXX: [speech]

[Repeat as necessary]

<End Log, [optional time info]>

Closing Statement: [Small summary and passage on what transpired afterward]

not sure how the interview transcript format would change to accommodate meeting minutes

Interview Draft

Minister ██████: This incident is unnacceptable! Not only have your botched efforts to keep this thing locked up lead to this catastrophe that now we have to claim responsibility for, but your overuse of our water resources have exceeded some entire industries this quarter. And thats supposedly only from one of your facilities within our borders?

Site Director: I apologise Minister, the containment breach was indeed unfortunate but also an unforeseeable accident-

Minister ██████: I don't care how unforeseeable it was! The damage to the aquaculture industry alone was worth millions, that's not including irrigation, fishing, its a miricle that no one was killed!

Site Director: Exactly minister, no one died. Imagine if this anomaly was still out there roaming around. Remember the bioterrorist attacks on the US in 2001? Imagine that, except instead of the stuff being spread in the post, it was a walking cloud of death. What if it went to a train station, or an airport, or a school? This thing needs to be contained-

Minister ██████: Then why wasn't it?! You guys are meant to be the experts in this sort of thing, yet even with access to our national resources you still seem to be struggling. If you ask me it'd be far easier to just kill this thing than risk this happening again.

Site Director: Then its a good thing it's not you, with respect Minister. We are not executioners, we are wardens. And in light of this incident we are revising some of our policies relating to how we interact with host nations in order to minimise potential disruptions. I have a preliminary draft of these changes with me, as well as a draft for a new site located in __ complete with a desalination plant to offset any water usage.

Minister ██████: *grumble* Well this looks like a start at least.

FINAL DRAFT

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description: [Paragraphs explaining the description]

Addendum: [Optional additional paragraphs]

+ Interview XXXX-1, 27/09/2018: Dr. ____ ______

Interview XXXX-1, 27/09/2018: Dr. __
Interviewed: SCP XXXX

Interviewer: [Interviewer, can be blocked out using █]

Foreword: [Small passage describing the interview]

<Begin Log, [optional time info]>

Interviewer: [speech]

SCP XXXX: [speech]

[Repeat as necessary]

<End Log, [optional time info]>

Closing Statement: [Small summary and passage on what transpired afterward]

Footnotes

1. A chronic skin condition, causing its skin cells to dry out, shed, and regrow faster than normal