Per 
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: This SCP does not require any special means of containment. Research conducted shows that the anomaly is rather inert and has no cognitive functions. How it works is still being researched, however, but poses no real threat to human life.
This does not mean that there is no danger, only that it is not from SCP-XXXX. Because of the nature of SCP-XXXX, it is contained in a cabinet. The housing containment is designed to look like the mess hall in a military camp, as it was located in such a camp during the Iraq War in 2004.
Despite not having a mind or will of its own, it would often be thrown against the door of its cell without cause, as if by unseen hands. Initial studies showed no anomaly until infrared cameras were used. The outline of what looked to be a man appeared on screen as a black figure. It wasn't until the redecoration of the room when the entity, classified as SCP-XXXX-B, seemed to be asleep did activity quiet down and find contentment. The specialized containment cell was to placate SCP-XXXX-B, who had only been found after SCP-XXXX had been brought to the facility. Scientists and Psychologists studying SCP-XXXX-B's behavior equated the action to that of a child throwing a temper tantrum, but ultimately harmless. When a Class E personnel had been placed in the room during a "tantrum," the tray never went near the individual, showing that even as it rebelled against the minimal decor in the cell at that time, it would not harm another. After the cell had been made to resemble the inside of a military mess hall did all "tantrums" stop.
In testing SCP-XXXX-B's reaction to humans, a Class E personnel entered the room in street clothing. While there was a drop in temperature around the man as SCP-XXXX-B delivered SCP-XXXX to the man, to the point the man shivered and goosebumps appeared on his skin, no other effects were induced. SCP-XXXX was placed on the table in front of the man, empty. The lights inexplicably turned. When the lights came back on only one second later, exactly, the man jumped back in fear at the sudden appearance of the food. Before him was a meal and a note. As instructed over a speaker, the Class E personnel read the note aloud, citing a date and the words, "Enjoy your last meal." He ran to the door and began to bang on it, begging to be let out.
SCP-XXXX-B had been standing near the individual but moved to a corner of the room the instant the Class E personnel moved to get out of his seat, appearing from beside the man to a corner farthest away from him in an instant. When instructed to try and touch SCP-XXXX-B, the Class E personnel was unable to do so, leading to the conclusion that SCP-XXXX-B does not like to be touched. This could be because SCP-XXXX-B is thought to be close to 0°C (32°F), as indicated by thermal imaging. SCP-XXXX-B causes chills, as if from a cold breeze, but no damage to individuals close by, but because it doesn't like to be touched and does not respond when talked to, no tests on SCP-XXXX-B's internal temperature can be conducted.
A similar test was done on male Class E personnel dressed in various ways, from prison, rags, suit and tie, various work uniforms, and even military uniforms. SCP-XXXX-B favored prison and military attire over all others. When the same tests were performed with female Class E personnel, SCP-XXXX-B showed no preference to gender, age, or even sexual orientation. However, many of the Class E personnel reacted as the first had, wanting to get out of the room quickly. Those who did not either had already come to terms with death or did not care.
One female, however, was so shocked by the revelation of the day she was going to die that she suffered a heart attack. Though revived shortly after, the meal presented to her for lunch that day in the infirmary caused another heart attack which she could not be revived from. The lunch that day had been the very one presented to her by SCP-XXXX-B on SCP-XXXX.
However, when faced with multiple personnel at the same time, SCP-XXXX-B seemed upset. According to the camera, it looked around the people, who were talking to pass the time. When SCP-XXXX-B had made up its mind, it seemed to travel in a random pattern, placing SCP-XXXX before someone for a moment and delivering their final meal. Once the person had left the table or try to eat the meal, SCP-XXXX-B would pick up SCP-XXXX and take them to the next person. The pattern revealed as more and more people read the note left with the meal showed that SCP-XXXX-B presented SCP-XXXX to those who would pass away sooner first and end on those that would live the longest.
Additional tests were conducted on the temperament of SCP-XXXX-B in different temperatures and times between personnel entering its containment cell. There was no change with temperature or length of time.
Tests on the edibility of the food, unfortunately, are unable to be conducted as no one has been able to eat it before it disappears. However, tests on various types of situations (i.e. bombings, gunfights, construction, calm, etc.), SCP-XXXX-B's reaction time increased with the extreme nature of the situation or diminished with the lack of extreme nature.
Description: SCP-XXXX appears to be a tray, similar to those found in prisons or military camps. It can change it's shape to fit the meal being presented so that even the plate is represented perfectly on the day of death. The food appears real, though how real it is remains a mystery as SCP-XXXX does not allow anyone to eat the food it presents. Moreover, SCP-XXXX returns to the mess hall tray appearance, if it changed at all, in only the time it takes to blink. Condition in what has been dubbed SCP-XXXX's natural state indicates that, though found in 2004 during the Iraq war, SCP-XXXX may have been all across the globe, in many different wars and tough environments.
SCP-XXXX-B is invisible unless infrared cameras are used. Then, it appears to be black. Readings show it to be close to the freezing point of water. The shape of SCP-XXXX-B is that of a man of around 1.8m (6ft) in height with broad shoulders and a muscular build. It seems to also be wearing a military uniform and cover. While normally walking around the confinement cell, seemingly cleaning every surface, if someone tries to touch him, he will instantly appear on the farthest side of the room.
From SCP-XXXX-B's appearance, and the condition of SCP-XXXX, areas of war are their favorite places.
Addendum: While not dangerous themselves, three personnel have died after tests were conducted with SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-B, and several seem to suffer from PTSD. One death was heart attack due to fright and two starvation, refusing to allow anyone into their room for fear of seeing their last meal, not realizing that the meal they had seen had been from the day before or the morning of the test. Several of the survivors, save for those unaffected by the image placed before them, wanted to see the inside of SCP-XXXX's cell again, stating that learning when they would die was "bad enough, but to show [us] one of the last things [we] would ever see made it all too real!" Many Class E personnel that returned to their homes were reported to have turned around their lives, but they don't want to know if they changed their fates, though a fair few have expressed a morbid interest in seeing if their future changed.
Not all notes say, "Enjoy your last meal." Some variations have occurred where some will say phrases like "You deserved it." or "You will be missed." One note even said, "Wish you could avoid it." The latter shows that SCP-XXXX-B can express some level of emotion.
Many personnel within the foundation have begun calling SCP-XXXX-B "Sargent Muerte" and SCP-XXXX is his "Tray of Finality," though most often referred to as simply "the Tray". If talked about together, they are called "the Tray and Sargent Muerte" as SCP-XXXX was descovered by the foundation before SCP-XXXX-B.
