SCP-5XXX - Birthday in Your Lawn

NOTICE!

The Global Occult Coalition has discovered this SCP:

their Collection Division Agents are on the prowl.

Thus, greater risk will come in tracking further instances of it.

Volunteer Project SCP-5XXX (A Day to Store Birthdays) has been initiated for the collection of a few SCP-5XXX instances for the purpose of saving some instances from the GOC.

Anomaly #: SCP-5XXX

Anomaly Class: Safe, Widespread

Description: SCP-5XXX is a phenomenon that affects rocks. These rocks (or SCP-5XXX-A instances) will turn into cakes when one puts a candle on them. With the exception of removed parts, if the candle is taken out, SCP-5XXX-A instances will return to their original form. SCP-5XXX-A instances were originally discovered in Ken's Quarry in by Foundation members in Gary, Indiana, and were believed to be restricted there, until in other world locations they were found at.

Addendum SCP-5XXX A:
On May 24, 2020, Foundation member Nathan Gateau was captured by the GOC. It is believed that the GOC discovered the existence of SCP-5XXX from Nathan Gateau, because afterwards, GOC agents were observed to be en-masse finding and taking discovered SCP-5XXX-A instances.

Several Examples of GOC Containment Attempts:

Date Location Description
May 27, 2020 Sacramento, California GOC agents are observed at the Descansar Park, putting candles on all rocks. Discovered instances are collected in a container made for such purposes. At the same time, SCP-5XXX has been added to the "Ghastly Overseer Citizens Phoneline " System.
June 1, 2020 Luck High, Arizona Instance discovered at Gerald Ford Elementary School the day before. Forced closure is enforced on the school, and GOC agents test all the rocks at the Elementary school. They find no other instances.
June 4, 2020 Hykers, Utah Large SCP-5XXx-A instance discovered after Roger Tocks puts a candle on a boulder as a joke. The instance was about 6 feet tall. Afterwards, GOC agents observed to be putting candles on large boulders (one more instance was discovered)
June 5, 2020 Brightham, Tennessee GOC agents with trucks observed at every quarry, collecting all the rocks they can find in their trucks.
June 8, 2020 All national parks GOC agents discovered at all national parks, engaging in a currently active process of rock collecting.
June 10, 2020 Stills, Alabama After discovery of SCP-5XXX-A instances at Strillkim (a stronghold for the Chaos Insurgency faction led by Rockefeller Dulac), GOC agents invade, and anomalies are utilised by both factions. The GOC eventually prevails, though with the result that all centipedes are constantly falling from the clouds in Strillkim.
June 10, 2020 Roswell, Texas Leaked documents from GOC Site 64 suggests the construction of a device for rocks to be translocated to the area for easy collection.

Note from Gary, Indiana member Joy Gao

Cake from rocks: that is all that the SCP is. Nothing dangerous, just a mere little fancy of nature really.

And yet, even that the GOC determines cannot be allowed to be free.

I was in the forest one day, tracking down that 'deer creepypasta' monster, when I suddenly saw the approach of GOC agents. Turning myself into a falcon, I flew up onto a tree, and watched as I saw these three agents, decked out in trenchcoats bearing the GOC insignia, take out a bunch of candles and stick them out onto a bunch of rock.

Every single one of the rock. Even the smallest pebble. All done with the same GOC-trained patience, as the clocks slipped away in broad minute numbers.

I even heard one of them suggest they try it on grains.

And the whole thing felt like something out of a comedy, except…

Well, they are the GOC. For just not being what they consider normal, they bring down the fire and they bring down the chains. And their souls they have dedicated to that mission

Even if atrocities they will make.

Even if chaos they drag along.

Even if…

Even if they will scour the world, sticking a candle on every rock.

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