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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is currently contained in a reinforced cylindrical chamber 50m in diameter. Motion sensors are placed along the outer perimeter of this chamber and all instances of SCP-XXXX-A are to be contained upon detection. SCP-XXXX is to be observed at all times via surveillance cameras and protected by four armed personnel.

Description: SCP-XXXX is located in Shakyamuni Island, 65km off the northwestern coast of Antarctica. Lake Shakyamuni is a clear lake roughly 45m in diameter and 15m deep located at the center of the island. The lake is deprived of any aquatic life and vegetation apart from one instance of Nelumbo nucifera (a lotus flower). SCP-XXXX is a circular hole 1m in diameter located where Lake Shakyamuni is at its deepest. External probing methods suggests that SCP-XXXX has a depth of at least 17,000m.

An instance of SCP-XXXX-A resembles a particular2 adult Jorō spider (Nephila clavata). Every 108 hours, an instance of SCP-XXXX-A emerges from the ground in the vicinity of the lake and proceeds towards it. Upon arrival to the edge of the lake, the water begins to drain into SCP-XXXX in a process lasting around 39 minutes. When the lake has emptied, SCP-XXXX-A will proceed to create a web from the edge of SCP-XXXX and descend into it. Exactly 8 days following its entrance into the pit, instances of SCP-XXXX-B will, one after another, continuously exit from SCP-XXXX-B utilizing the web3. In a period of 24 hours, 700 to 2,800 instances of SCP-XXXX-B will have emerged from SCP-XXXX.

Unless directly observed emerging from SCP-XXXX, instances of SCP-XXXX-B are commonly characterized as being faceless, humanoid creatures with an average height and build comparable to humans, and composed of an unknown crimson material similar in texture, density, and malleability to human flesh. If directly observed emerging from SCP-XXXX, an instance of SCP-XXXX-B will change its appearance and personality to match the first enunciated description of it by witnesses as closely as possible.4 The described instance will then remain in its assumed form indefinitely.

Undescribed instances of SCP-XXXX-B are docile creatures. They have been observed to be passive, partaking in quiet activities such as sitting, kneeling, bowing, and prostrating. When violently provoked, however, SCP-XXXX-B will emit a sound, similar to a human scream, measuring at 109.4dB5 and sustain this sound indefinitely until terminated. A described SCP-XXXX-B when provoked, on the other hand, will react in accordance to its given personality.

Addendum XXXX-01: Attempts to artificially begin a descent cycle by importing Jorō spiders and releasing them in the vicinity of SCP-XXXX yielded no results regardless of the presence of an instance of SCP-XXXX-A. A complete genetic mapping of multiple instances of SCP-XXXX-A revealed a 100% match across all instances. In light of this, Jorō spiders cloned from an instance of SCP-XXXX-A were released near SCP-XXXX in a secondary attempt which resulted in failure.

Addendum XXXX-02: On 6 June 1996, SCP-XXXX-A's web was successfully ignited and eliminated during its descent by Senior Researcher Takashi Akutagawa. Shortly after ignition, a sustained 179dB screech6 began to emanate from SCP-XXXX. The sound subsided 139 minutes later and the lake was refilled shortly after. All surviving personnel suffered from permanent hearing loss and were relieved of duty soon afterwards.7

Addendum XXXX-03: A preliminary survey conducted on the island yielded the discovery of a boulder located 192m northwest from SCP-XXXX with the following inscription carved onto it (translated from Sanskrit; the boulder and the inscription itself exhibited no anomalous properties.):

Even a little creature such as this has life. To kill it without cause would be a great pity. With it, may you be reborn - free from hatred, free from spite.

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Addendum XXXX-05:

On 20 November 2017, The Overseer Council unanimously moved to indefinitely suspend research on SCP-XXXX-B and form Joint Task Force Theta-8 "Manifest Sui Generis," utilizing resources from MTF Alpha-1 "Red Right Hand", MTF Beta-1 "Cauterizers", and MTF Sigma-66 "Sixteen Tons" to investigate, track down, and apprehend the insurgents and the 13 escaped instances of SCP-XXXX-B.