SCP-XXXX: A Pause in Reality

[NOTE: The following Containment Procedures and description are outdated but will be left for the convenience of any researchers studying SCP-XXXX. Please refer to the bottom of the document for the updated version.]

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be suspended using an arrangement of magnets. Routine maintenance is to be administered to the magnets, and should one be damaged or not functioning, be replaced in a timely fashion.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a metallic sphere with a radius of one (1) centimeter. It is presumably made of iron, and as such is attracted to magnets. Due to its anomalous properties, its mass and actual physical composition cannot be determined.

SCP-XXXX causes complete biological and physical stasis in any object it comes into contact with. What SCP-XXXX considers an object tends to vary, although generally it is anything that is not physically affixed to something else. For example, a single gear, rather than the system of them, or a single person, not two people in contact with each other. A notable exception to this is when SCP-XXXX is introduced to a biological subject, organisms such as gut flora and bacteria undergo stasis as well. Behaviors such as opening or closing a box under its influence are still possible, however it is still not recommended to place it into any closed system in the event it cannot be retrieved. Once SCP-XXXX is removed from a subject, typically through the use of a magnet, its effects cease.

Subjects under the influence of SCP-XXXX, henceforth known as SCP-XXXX-1, exhibit the following properties:

• Invulnerability to physical harm
• The ceasing of all internal or biological functions
• Varying gain in mass, appears to increase with increased initial mass of subject
• The inability to be pierced by sharp tools or equipment, and in addition, any electromagnetic waves
• Resistance to fire
• Inability to change state of matter (Ex: Solids will not turn to liquids when heated)

+ Show SCP-XXXX Test Log (Prior To Incident XXXX-G)

Test XXXX-A

Subject: D-19384
Procedure: Subject introduced to SCP-XXXX and put into stasis. Subject was put underwater for three (3) hours, shot in the head eighteen (18) times, burned, and hit with two (2) explosive rounds. Object was removed using a magnet, and subject was sent for analysis.
Results: Subject had no signs of physical damage anywhere on her body, and claimed to have no recollection of the events, and says that the last thing she remembers before being taken out of stasis was holding the object in her hand.
Analysis: Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are impervious to physical damage.

Test XXXX-B

Subject: D-49293, with stage IV lung cancer, expected to die in two (2) weeks
Procedure: Subject placed under stasis for four (4) weeks, then taken out of stasis and sent for medical evaluation.
Results: Foundation doctors determined that subject’s health was in the same state as prior to stasis.
Analysis: SCP-XXXX halts disease progression.

Test XXXX-C

Subject: D-19394, a healthy young adult male.
Procedure: Subject put onto a surgical table with all vitals being taken. Subject introduced to SCP-XXXX, and monitoring continued.
Results: All vitals immediately flatlined. Attempts to cut into subject to study organs failed, regardless of the sharpness of the implement. MRI scan impossible due to SCP-XXXX’s magnetic nature. X-Rays and all forms of scanning failed.
Analysis: SCP-XXXX completely renders subjects invulnerable to harm, including surgical implements. Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 also cannot be passed through by any waves or rays.

Test XXXX-D

Subject: D-19394 from Test XXXX-C.
Procedure: Subject was opened for internal viewing prior to introduction to SCP-XXXX. Subject kept alive.
Results: All internal organs in stasis, organs had ceased function. Gut flora and other bacteria in stasis as well, exhibiting the same properties as an instance of SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX removed from subject, and all biological functions resumed.
Analysis: Biological systems seem to count as a single entity, putting everything within into stasis.

Test XXXX-E

Subject: D-48291
Procedure: Subject introduced to SCP-XXXX, and put into stasis. Subject put placed midway between Earth and Mars, and eventually reentered atmosphere. Foundation agents were sent to retrieve subject, and SCP-XXXX removed.
Results: Subject experienced no symptoms typical of a human being in a vacuum, and was also perfectly healthy after having burned up on reentry.
Analysis: Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are capable of traversing nearly any conditions, including the vacuum of space. SCP-XXXX could be useful for long space voyages, or as a last resort in the event of an airlock failure. Currently pending approval.

Test XXXX-F

Subjects: An iron bar, a plastic bowl, D-29482, and one Rattus norvegicus (Common brown rat)
Procedure: Each subject was massed prior to introduction to SCP-XXXX. Subjects were then massed after introduction.
Results: Each subject gained mass, but varied. Subjects with a higher initial mass gained more mass than those with less.
Analysis: SCP-XXXX does not seem to have a fixed mass, and seems to vary while it is displaying its properties.

+ Show Incident XXXX-G

On 04/29/██, Foundation scientists attempted to test the strength of SCP-XXXX, and suspended it between two magnets on its north and south poles. The strength of these magnets was slowly increased, and several minutes into the experiment, SCP-XXXX exhibited a small fracture approximately two (2) millimeters in length. After the incident, several of SCP-XXXX’s properties changed.

+ Show Updated SCP-XXXX Document

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be suspended within a sphere of electromagnets. Backup neodymium magnets should be placed in the event of a power outage, and several generators as well. Routine checks should be performed, and an immediate replacement of any damaged or non-functioning magnets should be arranged. Two armed guards are to keep watch over its containment room, and constant surveillance is to be maintained.

In the event containment fails, any nearby personnel are to keep SCP-XXXX from coming into direct contact with anything for a prolonged period of time by any means necessary, including the use of other magnets, lightly tossing it while wearing gloves, or continually passing it using tongs.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a metallic sphere with a radius of one (1) centimeter, and a crack two (2) millimeters long. SCP-XXXX causes complete biological and physical stasis in any object it touches continually, and its effect spreads at an exponential rate. It is estimated that if uncontained, the entire Earth would be in a permanent state of stasis in less than one month, and while possible to remedy by use of a flying vehicle specifically modified for such a task, could potentially never be fixed if it remains inside the facility.

SCP-XXXX also appears to interfere with magnetic fields. While possible to keep it suspended, due to its slightly irregular shape, and any disturbance, no matter how slight, could free it from containment.

Addendum-H: By issue of O5 Command, testing with SCP-XXXX is to be indefinitely postponed, due to the potential of the complete end of human consciousness.

Addendum-I: A procedure has been submitted to O5 Command by Junior Researcher Bee Byulddal after review from Doctor ██████ about the potential use of SCP-XXXX to freeze and preserve all of Earth in the event of an XK-class end-of-the-world scenario, until Foundation scientists in other universes or on the moon base could potentially remedy it. Awaiting approval.