Interior of SCP-XXXX during inactive period
An instance of SCP-XXXX-C working during Event 1-9-9
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The area surrounding SCP-XXXX is to be kept restricted to prevent public entry or view. Undercover personnel are to monitor all local semi-truck communications for signs of SCP-XXXX activation. Once an activation event is confirmed, MTF-Xi-10 ("Factory Rats") shall begin conducting activation procedures at SCP-XXXX site.
Activation procedure consists of:
- redirecting all affected semi drivers away from SCP-XXXX
- observing and adhering to SCP-XXXX-A requirements
- gathering intel about items produced during activation event
- retrieval and disposition of intermodal shipping containers produced by SCP-XXXX
Foundation Personnel are only permitted to be within SCP-XXXX's fenced perimeter during an activation event. Any personnel on-site during inactive periods or after the initial 8 hours of an activation event risks an irreversible shift out of reality. Upon conclusion of an activation event, Class D personnel are permitted within the fenced perimeter only once deactivation reality shift has been confirmed and only to retrieve any remaining shipping containers produced by SCP-XXXX.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a property located in ███████, Michigan which is host to an anomalous activation event approximately 3-5 times per year. The property (approximately 20,000 sq. m in size) contains an abandoned manufacturing facility and a parking lot surrounded by a 8 foot tall chain link fence.
During activation events, the entire area within the fenced boundary undergoes a reality shift which results in the property changing from a derelict state of ruin to a properly maintained and active state. The outside of the facility shows decor reminiscent of the 1980's, which is further indicated by the parking lot filling with between 50-100 vehicles produced before 1986. The interior of the manufacturing facility is an extradimensional space that changes in appearance, size, and layout depending primarily on what is being produced during the activation event, but will always contains a small vestibule inside the main entrance. The vestibule always contains a bulletin board (designated SCP-XXXX-A) upon which is various documents, including a list of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to be worn by employees within the manufacturing area. The facility will always contain no less than 8 instances of SCP-XXXX-B and no less than 50 instances of SCP-XXXX-C.
SCP-XXXX-B are humanoids approximately three (3) meters tall,with the exception of four (4) tentacle-like appendages in place of arms. The faces of SCP-XXXX-B entities are elongated and featureless except for 3 bright orange lights in a triangular pattern, which are assumed to be eyes. The entities do not wear any clothing and appear to be composed of a black, rubber-like material. Entering SCP-XXXX without the proper PPE displayed on SCP-XXXX-A, breaking any rules listed on SCP-XXXX-A, or any disruption of the manufacturing process (including prolonged interaction with SCP-XXXX-C entities) results in immediate hostile reaction from all nearby SCP-XXXX-B entities.
SCP-XXXX-C are entities that appear to be normal humans. They do not change in appearance between activation events, except for their conformance to regulations displayed on SCP-XXXX-A, and it is common to see the same SCP-XXXX-C entity in multiple activation events. SCP-XXXX-C do not acknowledge the oddity of SCP-XXXX-B entities and see them as normal human supervisors. SCP-XXXX-C do not appear to take any breaks from working, despite the presence of cafeterias, restrooms, and mentions of 'going out for a smoke'. Interactions with SCP-XXXX-C entities have revealed they believe the date to be the current month and day, but in the year 1986, and will commonly discuss events current to that year. SCP-XXXX-C entities appear to have full knowledge of any technologies generated by SCP-XXXX during activation events, including technologies that were invented after 1986.
SCP-XXXX activation events begin with local truck drivers receiving work orders from an unknown source, calling for pick up and delivery of intermodal shipping containers. Destinations have varied from local to national. Investigation into the delivery destinations and their possible connections to the various products manufactured by SCP-XXXX have not turned up any significant details or correlations. Within an hour of the truck dispatch, SCP-XXXX begins its initial reality shift, taking anywhere from 1-5 minutes to complete. An activation event will last 8 hours, at which point an alarm will sound and it will begin to shift back in the same manner. During its active phase, SCP-XXXX will continuously produce a product and load intermodal shipping containers with it until the activation event ends. If no semi trucks are allowed to remove containers from the property during the event, instances of SCP-XXXX-B will stack containers near the loading bay. Filled shipping containers produced by SCP-XXXX appear to be the only objects that do not shift out of reality at the beginning or end of an activation phase.
<BEGIN LOG>
EVENT 1-1-8
Requirements: Safety goggles, apron, Michigan State baseball cap.
Product: 8 shipping containers of a picture book titled "The Children's Guide to Microorganisms"
Disposition: five individual copies kept for Foundation archives; remaining disposed of via incineration.
EVENT 1-2-4
Requirements:███████ brand gel insoles, safety glasses, hard hat.
Product:7 shipping containers of frozen dinner meals, containing a genetically unidentifiable meat in gravy and a side of mashed potatoes.
Disposition:Tested for human safety and anomalous abnormalities (concluded safe); shipped to foundation sites for D-class consumption.
EVENT 1-3-3
Requirements: Wool arm sleeves, suspenders, hard hat, safety glasses.
Product: 11 shipping containers of C4 explosive packaged in Play-Doh brand containers.
Disposition: Transferred to Foundation weapons facility at Site ██.
EVENT 1-5-1
Requirements: Ear Plugs, Wooden Shoes, safety glasses.
Product: 14 shipping containers of bat houses constructed from oak wood and radium metal mesh.
Disposition: Disposed of at radioactive waste site 28.
EVENT 1-6-4
Requirements: Hard Hat, steel toed shoes, leather gloves, monocle
Product: 6 shipping containers of clipboards composed of various exotic woods
Disposition: Transferred to Sites 4, 11, and 18 for Foundation use.
EVENT 1-6-8
Requirements:latex gloves, analog wristwatch, ivory hardhat. [MTF intel mission aborted]
Product: 5 shipping containers of live paraponera clavata
Disposition: See incident XXXX-F9-8, destroyed via incineration.
EVENT 1-9-9
Requirements: leather apron, telescopic goggles, steel-toed boots.
Product: 3 shipping containers of coffee mugs filled with a standard latte blend and artistic foam designs.
Disposition: tested for irregularity (found toxic, contained lead), disposed of via landfill.
EVENT 2-3-2
Requirements: Hazmat suit, bifocal safety glasses.
Product: 19 shipping containers of pure krypton gas.
Disposition: shipped to Site ██ for use in SCP-████ containment.
Mission Parameters: Initial reconnaissance of SCP-XXXX interior.
Personnel: D-42029
Additional Information: One D-class personnel was supplied with a standard issue audiovisual exploration transceiver. The exploration was supervised by Dr. Strom. Initial observations of the exterior confirmed SCP-XXXX had begun generating intermodal containers in the east bay.
[Begin Log 8/17/2003 1630]
Dr. Strom: Okay, D-42029, I have your video feed. Could I get a sound check?
D-42029: I hear you loud and clear, doc.
Dr. Strom: Excellent! Then let's begin. Please proceed through the main entrance of the building.
D-42029: Alright.
(D-42029 enters SCP-XXXX and appears in a small vestibule. A door to the left shows a break room and to the right is a large cork bulletin board (SCP-XXXX-A). In front is a set of double doors leading to the manufacturing floor.)
Dr. Strom: Could you get a close-up of the bulletin board? We would like to see if there is any useful information about the building.
(D-42029 walks up to SCP-XXXX-A. Several documents are visible including a poster describing Union laws, open job positions, plant rules, PPE requirements, and a company picnic invitation. ADDENDUM: PPE requirements listed by SCP-XXXX-A included glasses.)
D-42029: Why is this posting dated for 1986? They throwin an 80's themed picnic or something?
Dr. Strom: Perhaps. Please proceed through the double doors.
(D-42029 walks over and pulls the handle on the right door. Beyond the door is a main aisle that seems to extend for several hundred meters. Various machines, conveyor systems, and instances of SCP-XXXX-C can be seen traversing the floor. D-42029 walks approximately 5 meters into the manufacturing area.)
D-42029: Whoa! This place is huge! Didn't seem that big from the outside. What do they make here?
Dr. Strom: That is partly what you are here to find out. Could you please get closer to the machinery and take a look?
D-42029: Okay. No problem.
(D-42029 moves forward towards an instance of SCP-XXXX-C working by a conveyor belt. D-42029 stops suddenly in the middle of the aisle.)
D-42029: WHAT THE [expletive] IS THAT?
(The camera pans to the right, down another aisleway. An instance of SCP-XXXX-B can be seen charging directly at D-42029. The camera turns back towards the entrance as D-42029 starts to run toward the exit. D-42029 moves approximately one meter before video shows entity catching and dismembering him. The camera falls to the floor and the feed cuts out.)
Researcher Notes: After initial footage was reviewed, an additional three D-class personnel were sent in with orders to determine what SCP-XXXX was manufacturing and to avoid detection by any means necessary. Upon entering the manufacturing floor, two of the three D-Class personnel were immediately pursued and killed by instances of SCP-XXXX-B, despite having stayed hidden. D-42301 came within direct view of an SCP-XXXX-B entity and was completely ignored. It was later noted by Dr. Strom that D-42301 was the only one wearing glasses, noted as a requirement on the bulletin board. Additional testing confirmed the importance of the requirements listed on the bulletin board, now designated SCP-XXXX-A.
Due to the complications of the implausible PPE requirements set by SCP-XXXX-A during activation event 1-6-8, it was deemed unsafe to send in MTF-Xi-10 for information retrieval.
After activation event completed, MTF-Xi-10 opened one shipping container to examine its contents. Upon unlatching, the container doors forcibly swung open as millions of liveparaponera clavata (commonly known as bullet ants) were expelled from the container. Upon engaging the ants, they began to display intelligence far greater than their natural counterparts. MTF-Xi-10 suffered 3 casualties before retreating from the area. MTF-Xi-12 was called in as back up and authorization was given to deploy incendiary munitions. The battle to exterminate the ants lasted for 17 hours before an all-clear was given. During that time, ants were observed to build large structures from mud to protect from the incendiary weapons, create pitfall traps from underneath the ground, and build rudimentary catapults to launch groups of ants at MTF agents. The remaining four containers of ants were destroyed via incineration. Foundation agents were deployed to monitor the area for any signs of ant colonies forming that may have resulted from their container breach. As of 6/12/2013, no ants have been sighted and are considered neutralized. New protocols have been established for testing containers for hazards when contents cannot be determined during the activation event.
Recovery Information: During their routine exploration of the manufacturing area of Event 1-5-1, an MTF-Xi-10 operative discovered an office containing the skeletal remains of a human male sitting in front of a Macintosh computer. Upon browsing the documentation, the operatives video feed picked up several emails. MTF operative attempted to remove the computer's hard drive for investigative purposes, but was executed by an SCP-XXXX-B entity as soon as he breached the computer's outer casing. The following emails were transcribed from the operative's recovered video footage.
TO: pwhitman@█████.com
FROM: rkirman@█████.com
DATE: 12/23/1985
SUBJECT: New Ownership
BODY:
Paul,
I apologize for the sudden news, but I have sold the company. I have been offered a generous amount of money from a company called ███████, and after deliberating for a few days I have chosen to accept it and finally enter retirement. Rest assured, I was told there would be no changes to staffing. The new owner showed me a long history of strong business growth at their main facilities and I believe you will all be in very good hands. I will be by on the 31st to show the new owners around and to finish signing the paperwork. The ownership changeover will become official right on the new year. The new owner has offered to host a party on New Years Eve to celebrate my retirement, the new ownership, and the new year! Please pass this information along to your staff. Thank you for all your years managing my company and making it the success it is! I wish you good luck in the years to come! Have a merry Christmas!
Signed,
Randy Kirman
TO: rkirman@█████.com
FROM: pwhitman@█████.com
DATE: 12/30/1985
SUBJECT: Re: New Ownership
BODY:
Randy,
Sorry for getting worked up on the phone the other day. It has been a rough couple days here at the shop since you announced our sale, but me and the staff are all on board now and looking forward! The shop has been cleaned up for the showing and the party tomorrow.
On a side note, I was curious about the new ownership, as I've never heard of the company, ███████. Do they have a website? I did some digging around and could not find anything on them. I find it odd that such a large company, as you say, would seem to have no public record. I trust your judgment, but it seems kinda shady if you ask me. See you at the party.
Paul Whitman
TO: rkirman@█████.com
FROM: pwhitman@█████.com
DATE: 1/4/1986
SUBJECT: Update
BODY:
Randy,
I am sure you are already enjoying your retirement, but I just wanted to let you know how things were going. The new owners were quick to start settling in. I know you said nothing would change, but they've already starting bringing in their own equipment and installing it throughout the facility. The very first day they cut a hole in the concrete, right in the middle of the factory, and dropped a large black sphere underneath the floor and cemented over top of it. Not sure what it is for, but it was kinda ominous. Is this some sort of secret government company or something? Every time I try and ask questions they tell me not to worry about it and to just do my job managing the men. Can't say I am comfortable with this new situation, but hopefully we will get answers in time. Hope all is well on your end.
Paul Whitman
TO: rkirman@█████.com
FROM: pwhitman@█████.com
DATE: 1/6/1986
SUBJECT: Help
BODY:
Randy,
I don't know if you've been getting my emails or are just enjoying your retirement off somewhere nice, but something really strange is going on. I know it sounds crazy, but I keep getting this weird feeling like I've been stuck in my office for days. I can recall leaving work and coming back, but I can't remember what I did at home each night since the year began. My memory feels all fuzzy and I keep getting major headaches. Also, I think I am hallucinating. Every time I watch the ███████ employees walking around installing new equipment, my eyes start to hurt and I keep seeing these large black monsters in my vision for a moment. The ███████ medical guy checked me over and said I would be fine and that I just needed to drink more water, but I don't believe him. The other guys don't believe me, but there is definitely something going on here. Please get back to me or send help.
Paul
TO: rkirman@█████.com
FROM: pwhitman@█████.com
DATE: 1/10/1986
SUBJECT: HELP US
BODY:
Please help us! We are trapped in here! I think they might be blocking our communication, but I am holding out hope that you are just on a long vacation and will get help once you read this. Today I had the biggest headache of my life, and when I looked around I could see them. These big black monsters, walking around building machines, talking to the workers, and loading shipments like it's no big deal. And even worse is what they are having us produce! I walked out to the production line to try and talk the guys into helping me get out of here, but then I saw Bill Peterson wrist deep into the chest cavity of a baby. A BABY. It was horrifying, and Bill just kept working on it like he was putting together a toy. Then, looking down the line I saw Terry packing babies in fancy boxes like they were children's toys. I tried to snap them out of it. I tried to tell them. They just looked at me like I was crazy! Yeah, cause I'M the crazy one. I had to leave them, the monsters were looking at me. I've just been sitting in my office trying to figure out what to do. They won't let me leave, and now I know that we've been here for 10 days straight I am starting to feel worn down. I'm the only one who knows the truth. I need to get out. I hope you aren't caught up in this somehow and are just enjoying your retirement. I really do..
Paul
TO: rkirman@█████.com
FROM: pwhitman@█████.com
DATE: 1/27/1986
SUBJECT: Farewell
BODY:
This will be my last email. I seem to be the only one not affected by whatever they are doing to us, and I havent eaten in days since I cannot leave. Up until about a week ago, I've been surviving off of the other workers' lunches. They've been working the entire month we've been stuck here and I guess they don't need to eat or sleep like I do. I tried going after that black sphere under the floor. I know it is important to this somehow. As soon as I tried busting up the concrete those monsters all started looking at me and I could tell if I did anything further I was a dead man. I suppose I am a dead man anyways. Can't imagine I am going to last much longer without food. Anyways, this is me saying goodbye. I really hope you are out there enjoying your life away from this hell. Farewell, Randy.
Paul Whitman
Thanks for reading! Currently unresolved draft critiques [stuff i havent fixed yet] are being documented below.
POSSIBLE CHANGES:
- remove exploration log? (1 critter)
- shorten containment/description, focus on expanding story? (2 critters)
- expand event log? (1 critter)
- interview with SCP-XXXX-C entity? (1 critter)
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a standard Safe-class containment locker at Site 11. All experimentation with SCP-XXXX must be first approved by at least two (2) Level 4 Personnel.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a 1-meter cube of an unknown metallic material. One side of SCP-XXXX features an interface with forty-three unlabeled switches, buttons, and dials, with the side opposite to it containing a 5x5 grid of electrical terminals. Tests performed with SCP-XXXX, as well as documentation recovered with it, show that it can produce a multitude of anomalous effects in its vicinity when used as a power source for one or more Tesla coils. It is unknown how SCP-XXXX powers itself or produces electricity. Trying to power any electrical device other than a Tesla coil using SCP-XXXX results in no electrical output. The area of effect of its anomalous properties have been documented to vary depending on the number and size of Tesla coils connected to SCP-XXXX, but is generally found to average 8m in radius from each connected Tesla coil.
Documented effects include:
- object levitation
- objects of different materials fusing with no displacement
- Objects ceasing to exist
- light refraction/gravitational lensing
- object teleportation
- sudden object acceleration
- object shattering
- liquifaction of metals at room temperature
- electromagnetic pulses
- High voltage electrical discharge
- matter condensing
SCP-XXXX was recovered in 1991 in Vancouver, Canada, from the basement of inventor John █████████. The Foundation became aware of the device when videos and images of the subject's experiments with SCP-XXXX, which subject dubbed "The █████████ Effect", went viral in the media and on the internet. Foundation agents took SCP-XXXX and subject into custody. After experiments and interviews were performed to verify SCP-XXXX's anomalous effects, subject was administered amnestics and brought back to his lab in Canada. Since his release, subject has not been able to recreate the effects of SCP-XXXX in his continued experiments, despite using many of the same components of the device, further indicating that SCP-XXXX's effects are anomalous in nature. Pressure from the scientific community eventually lead the subject to create false evidence to try and support "The █████████ Effect", which was quickly discovered as fake and condemned by the scientific community. Since then, subject's documentation, experiments, and evidence of SCP-XXXX's anomalous effects have been chalked up as a hoax, requiring no further intervention from The Foundation.
5-6 experiment logs for tests with the device.
Interviewed: John █████████
Interviewer: Dr. █████
Foreword: Interview taking place at Site 11. Subject is being questioned to try and determine SCP-XXXX's origin and usage.
<Begin Log, ██/██/1991 - 14:45>
Dr. █████: Okay, Mr. █████████, could you tell us how you built this device?
Subject: [speech]
[Repeat as necessary]
<End Log, [optional time info]>
Closing Statement: [Small summary and passage on what transpired afterward]
- Heartburn (heart bursts with water?)
- Drug test cleanser (makes the body test negative for literally anything? )
Per 
