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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures:

Description: SCP-XXXX refers to the anomalous entities and structures found in the ruins of the MycoNCheese food factory.

In 1978, in Pennsylvania, sudden seismic activity was detected in a rural area where the factory was located. Before the Foundation was notified, local authorities arrived to investigate and reported that the building had unrepairable damage to its structure and had collapsed into a sinkhole that formed in the northeastern part of its foundation. It was also noted that “fast, small creatures” were spotted roaming through the ruins, although no clear identification was ever given, and that there was a strong, sweet fermenting scent present in the area before dissipating several hours later.

Exploration of the sinkhole by Foundation personnel revealed an opening to a large subterranean area not shown in the factory's floor plans. Inside was a makeshift laboratory equipped with equipment designed to study, test, and produce various cheeses and a collection of photographs and videos of the individuals involved in the experiments. Further intrusion led to the discovery of a cavern housing large, albeit damaged, pillars displaying symbols of various types of mushrooms and cheese intertwined with each other across its surface. In the center and rear of the space were several distinct anomalies that were:

  • SCP-XXXX-A are 45 humanoid-shaped husks that are composed of an array of cheeses. Their exterior is brittle and thin, while their interior is hollow and contains a pool of melted cheese that is inhabited and fed upon by SCP-XXXX-B instances.
  • SCP-XXXX-B, are 15-cm long hexapodal-insect like creatures that strongly resembled locusts except for the exaggerated spikes across their bodies, inability to fly, and ability to grab and interact with objects with their modified appendages. They are active and aggressive during the night and will attack and attempt to eat the extremities and eyes of nearby humans; in the daytime, they dwell inside SCP-XXXX-A instances where they feed upon when awoken. They do not dwell far from the factory's ruins, and, when forcefully removed, will go into violent spasms before dissolving into pool of cheese. Live autopsy shows their bodies to be in a similar composition to the SCP-XXXX-A instances and their innards to be made of identifiable molten cheese, except for an unknown lactate component in their being.
  • SCP-XXXX-C is an amorphous semi-mobile mass of cheese. It seldom moves, but when it does, it uses its weight to roll a few meters in a circular pattern before stopping. Every few hours, a mass of cheese will form into a humanoid shape on its surface and try to vocalize before dissolving and falling back into the central mass. All attempts of communication with this entity have failed.
  • SCP-XXXX-D are three separate rock walls that contain an array of fungi species in the form of mushrooms. Each wall displays different patterns of fungi, and when touched by a human being, it releases a hallucinogenic compound into the body that renders the subject into an altered state that can result in euphoria, paranoia, and hallucinations. However, these hallucinations exclusively consist of visions of artwork that are presented in a stop-motion way of story-telling, with each wall giving distinct narratives1.

Addendum 1:

Due to his advanced age ( 75) and terminal illness, questioning had to be done at random intervals where the subject was known to be lucid and attentive. Despite this, the subject so no resistance when Foundation revealed where he was and why.

MycoNCheese… I came up with that name when I traveled to Asia in my youth. There I discovered a lot of things about myself where one of them as my passion for cheese. Cheese, it's odd, when you think about it. You take the breast milk of a mother meant to be consumed by its child, then let it sit and churn and ferment for days or even years to get it. Who would even come up with that idea? A starving man, I think. He had to be, to be alone in the dark, dying for anything to eat to drink. Or higher than the moon…Hehe.

That also takes me to another one ofmy other loves —the moon. A majestic body. When I look at it, I cant be filled with hope. The type where you know everything is going to be just right.