Hanlon's Exception

Simulated model of the perceivable element of SCP-XXXX

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Uncontained

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be tracked down and recontained as soon as possible. The Foundation has agreed to enlist the help of Global Occult Coalition operatives in this effort.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a sapient extradimensional entity. What can be observed inside a Hiss-Rosenberg coherence chamber¹ manifests as a large mass of geometric structures with no defined size, shape, or volume. SCP-XXXX has no detectable mass, heat signature, age, or radiation.

SCP-XXXX possesses a deleterious effect on all three-dimensional matter; namely, the loss of all structural integrity in such matter. This effect takes place via an unknown mechanism at atomic level and results in significant spatial distortions in the immediate vicinity of SCP-XXXX. The only known means to counteract this effect is containment within a Hiss-Rosenberg coherence chamber.

From 4/19/2015 to 5/6/2015, SCP-XXXX was contained by the Global Occult Coalition and designated E-831. During a containment breach on 5/6/2015, SCP-XXXX escaped containment from the Coalition and remained at large until 5/12/2015, when Foundation operatives were able to secure its containment.

Addendum XXXX-1: Message Received from Global Occult Coalition

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The following message was received by Site-84 from the GOC on 5/15/2015, three days after SCP-XXXX was contained.

THE GLOBAL OCCULT COALITION

FROM THE DESK OF THE UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL

To the Overseer Council,

I understand our organizations do not see eye to eye on many matters. We have had more than a fair share of conflicts over the course of our troubled histories. In spite of this, there is one thing we can agree on. The Global Occult Coalition and the SCP Foundation will always stand hand-in-hand in being bulwarks of humanity against the greatest threats to reality itself. Our shared mission is to die in the dark so the rest of the world can live in the light.

On May 12th, 2015, your operatives recaptured an anomalous entity fifteen kilometers off the Greek coast. This entity, designated E-831, had been in the GOC's possession for the past eighteen days until it breached containment. You designated this entity SCP-XXXX and brought it into your containment.

We believe it is in the best interest of both parties, and the safety of the world at large, for the Foundation to transfer possession of E-831 back to the GOC. During the limited time period spent containing E-831, the GOC has perfected containment procedures and devised a plan of decommissioning the object with an estimated 99.98% success rate.

The GOC is aware of the Foundation's history of reluctance in decommissioning anomalies. While we do acknowledge our previous wrongdoings, it has been unanimously been determined by High Command that the prolonged existence of E-831 puts the safety of the world at risk, and possesses no possible positive outcomes.

We hope you make the right choice.

Under-Secretary-General D.C. al Fine
United Nations Global Occult Coalition

The Foundation issued no response to the above message.

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To all personnel assigned to SCP-XXXX:

The ongoing containment of SCP-XXXX has become a controversial topic, especially following contact from the Global Occult Coalition and Incident XXXX-1. Many want to hand over the object over to the Global Occult Coalition or obey their will and decommission it.

I would like to remind these individuals of our practices as compared to those of the Coalition. While the GOC wipes out all anomalies it encounters like a predator hunting prey, the Foundation seeks to foster more beneficial relationships with the anomalies we encounter.

SCP-XXXX is an entity from another side of reality. It's stuck here on our side, in a world that is wrong and foreign, experimented on by eldritch creatures it can barely comprehend. From what we have observed of its behavior, SCP-XXXX is learning more about us and our world, like a newborn thrust into a new life. Perhaps it does not know its actions cause our people harm. From this we can infer absolutely no reason to justify its decommissioning.

Once again, I would like to remind the individuals who believe in the destruction SCP-XXXX of what the Foundation stands for:

Secure. Contain. Protect.

Addendum XXXX-2: Incident Log XXXX-2

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On 6/2/2015, 3:42 PST, Site-84 channels sent out a distress signal citing a severe containment breach. Following this transmission, all contact was lost with Site-84.

Members of MTF Nu-19 ("Razor Blades") was sent to Site-84 in response. During their exploration of Site-84, it was ascertained that SCP-XXXX was the immediate cause of the containment breach. In addition, Nu-19 recovered documents pertaining to SCP-XXXX from Site-84 that had not yet been attached to official documentation that revealed changes in SCP-XXXX that had not previously been observed.

The exploration log and recovered materials are attached below.

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The following is a transcript of the exploration of Site-84 by MTF Nu-19 following Incident XXXX-2.

BEGIN LOG

N19-Cap: Recording is live. Mic check.

N19-1: Check.

N19-2: Check.

N19-3: Check.

N19-4: Check.

SiteCommand: Transmission is loud and clear.

N19-Cap: Roger.

SiteCommand: Nu-19, be aware the area you are about to enter is suspected to be anomalously compromised. We are currently unable to ascertain the cause or the extent of the anomaly; we are relying on you to do that for us. Exercise caution.

N19-Cap: Roger that, Command.

N19-1: Roger.

N19-2: Roger.

N19-3: Roger

N19-4: Roger.

Team enters Site-84 through main entrance. Feed becomes dark.

N19-Cap: Lights are off. Everyone switch on night vision.

Team switches on night vision. Feed is restored to show the main foyer of Site-84.

N19-Cap: Remain vigilant. Let's cover each sector until we close in on the containment chambers. (Gestures) Move over there.

Team proceeds toward hallway on left of foyer.

N19-4: I hear wind blowing. Temperature's getting colder, too.

N19-2: Hey, you guys see this?

Team moves towards N19-2's position.

N19-Cap: Command, you got visual?

Feed depicts an area roughly five by seven meters running along the northside wall that appears affected by SCP-XXXX, partially exposing Site-84's interior to the outside.

SiteCommand: We have visual, over.

N19-3: Got any idea what the hell is this?

SiteCommand: It is most likely an anomalous effect. We are currently collating all records of anomalies stored at Site-84 before the breach.

N19-Cap: You do that. The rest of you, keep moving.

Team proceeds down corridor.

N19-Cap: Moving foward.

Team approaches containment wing of Site-84.

N19-Cap: Approaching containment wing.

SiteCommand: Team Lead, we recommend you to move toward the containment chamber of SCP-XXXX, as we hypothesize it is the cause of the breach.

N19-Cap: Roger.

Team moves through containment wing until approaching containment chamber of SCP-XXXX. Feed centers on plaque reading:

Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter

N19-Cap: Currently observing surroundings.

> N19-1: Anyone else smell that?

N19-3: Yeah. Nasty. Is that—blood?

N19-Cap: Observed. Everyone switch on gas filtration.

Team switches on gas filtration.

SiteCommand: Collation is complete. These effects are caused by SCP-XXXX, a Keter-class entity contained at Site-84 prior to the breach.

N19-4: Great, we've got a Keter on the loose.

N19-Cap: Received loud and clear, Command. Team, prepare to engage in self-defense if necessary.

N19-3: Oh, shit.

N19-Cap: Repeat that, Three—oh.

Feed closes in on a severely mutilated corpse. Portions of the head and abdomen appear to have been turned inside out, contorting the body into unnatural shapes.

N19-Cap: Command, you seeing this?

SiteCommand: Received. This effect has not been recorded in SCP-XXXX documentation. Recommend extreme caution from this point on.

N19-2: God, more of them. Look over there.

Feed approaches several other mutilated corpses down the hallway. Blood is spattered on the floor and walls.

SiteCommand: Team, overhead infrared cameras detect a humanoid entity rapidly approaching your position. Estimated distance is 100 meters away. Recommend pulling out.

N19-Cap: Alright. You hear that, everyone? Oscar Mike.

Extraneous data redacted; team exits Site-84 without further complication. Entity does not pursue.

END LOG

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Afterword: Following the results of this exploration, it was assumed that SCP-XXXX was the main cause of the containment breach at Site-84. Further investigation on recovered documents not uploaded on the official documentation of SCP-XXXX was conducted (see below.)

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PROPOSED ADDENDUM 05/28/2015:

New observations of SCP-XXXX has shed more light on its current development.

As of 5/27/2015, SCP-XXXX has begun incursion into our reality via the body of D-88857 and is becoming increasingly stable. Moreover, it is currently estimated that SCP-XXXX understands approximately 70% of human physiology, including extensive understanding of the nervous system. In particular, SCP-XXXX is presumed to understand the concept of emotions, having responded with "happy", "sad", and "angry" responses to different stimuli in its new form.

+ ACCESS files://XXXX/main/exploration-1/test06022015.pdf

Foreword: The following is a transcript of audio recorded during a test conducted on SCP-XXXX on 6/2/2015, 2:58 PST. Due to the time it was conducted and the events that unfolded during the test, it is likely this incident was the immediate cause of the containment breach at Site-84.

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BEGIN LOG

Dr. Abboud: Beginning Test XXXX-Fourteen-Beta. Presiding personnel is Doctor Hamid Nasser Abboud, with Researcher Melissa Ito assisting. Date is June second, two-thousand-and-fifteen. Time is two-fifty-eight AM, PST.

Sound of typing.

Dr. Abboud: The purpose of this test is to ascertain SCP-XXXX's interaction with three-dimensional entities following the events of Test XXXX-Fourteen-Alpha. All right, we can start. D-88858, enter the containment chamber.

D-88858: All right.

Sound of hermetic doors opening.

D-88858: Whoa, what the fuck is that?

Dr. Abboud: Watch your language.

D-88858: Uh… sorry. But seriously, what's wrong with that guy?

Dr. Abboud: That is not relevant information. Please approach the subject.

D-88858: All right.

Sound of footsteps.

D-88858: He's turning around. What should I do?

Dr. Abboud: Continue to approach the subject.

D-88858: Okay.

Sound of footsteps.

D-88858: He's facing me now. Dam—wow, this is kind of creepy.

Dr. Abboud: Remain there and see how the subject reacts.

Low droning.

D-88858: You hear that noise?

Dr. Abboud: We do. Please remain at your position.

Droning intensifies, then cuts out.

D-88858: Whoa, what the—

Dr. Abboud: What is it?

D-88858: He looks… normal now. Uh, hi—

Sound of gurgling and choking.

Gasps.

Low droning.

Dr. Abboud: Turn on the emergency decoherence generators on! Hurry! 88858 doesn't have much longer!

Researcher Ito: Doctor… look at it.

Low droning intensifies.

Dr. Abboud: …What's it doing?

Researcher Ito: I—I think it's laughing.

END LOG

Footnotes

1. A Hiss-Rosenberg coherence chamber binds anomalies that do not obey spatial laws of our dimension to perceivable reality. See Ways of Containing Extradimensional Entities, Hiss, M.J. and Rosenberg, T.S (1998), Foundation Science Publishers, for more information.