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- A Dr Peter Armstrong Mystery
- The Bow Bells & Cockaigne
- MC&D Part
- SCP-3947 Rewritten
- SCP-3947 Original (Translated from Japanese)
- Idea: SCP is a phenomena affecting a friendly old lady, causing an unlikely number of murders to occur when she's around, and usually leading to her solving them. Trend noticed by the Foundation and lady taken into protective isolation, and after months of testing is found murdered in her locked cell.
- Lead Researcher Dr Peter Armstrong has to piece together the clues! Because he's the SCP now. That's the twist.
Characters:
Mrs Francesca Gilbert (widow) - the original focus point of the skip. Kindly old woman in the vein of Miss Marple who dodders around stumbling onto murders and solving them for the police.
Dr Peter Armstrong - Lead Researcher for this SCP, strikes up a friendly rapport with Mrs Gilbert during her containment. When she's found dead under his watch, he feels personally responsible and is driven to find out what happened to her.
Stuff and nonsense
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| Status | In Reserve/Selling/Sold/Renting/Acquirable/Unacquirable/Destroyed/Unknown |
| Demand | High/Medium/Low/None |
| Value | (Price Range in USD and GBP)/Not for Sale |
| Availability | None/Unique/Current Inventory (Numerical Value), Estimated (Numerical Value) Worldwide/Established Supply Chain |
| Identifier | An Identifying Name |
| Description | A brief description of the item, detailing only its physical properties. This should not be particularly long, and is more of an executive summary. A good rule of thumb is to make it four sentences long. |
| Marshall, Carter and Dark, LLP | |
SCP-3947
Item #: SCP-3947
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3947 is to be kept in a transparent display case in the common rooms of Site-76 D-Class habitation.
Description: SCP-3947 is a bronze-clad wooden statue of Vairochana (or Mahavairocana) Buddha1 constructed from Japanese cypress wood. Radiocarbon dating indicates the wood used in its construction dates from the 15th century AD.
The anomalous property of SCP-3947 affects any subject directly observing it (or in its vicinity, see Incident 3947-1). SCP-3947 removes the subject's capacity to perceive and handle a crisis. Instead, the affected subject will perceive themselves as safe and will judge all situations in which they find themselves to pose no danger to themselves or others. This impairment of judgement continues in subjects after they have been removed from SCP-3947, but re-education has proven successful in restoring the subject's ability to determine the danger of a situation.
SCP-3947 was believed to only affect subjects through direct observation of the object. After initial testing was concluded and SCP-3947 categorized as Safe, it was stored in a secure object locker at Site-76. 86 days after classification, SCP-████ (previously contained at Site-76, now contained at Site-██) breached containment, resulting in the loss of 1██ personnel. Investigation into the incident found that Site Director Dr Richard Mably had repeatedly ignored infractions of containment protocol for SCP-████ that were eventually directly responsible for containment breach. Dr Mably was killed during recontainment efforts.
Dr Mably's offices were noted to be less than thirty feet from SCP-3947, and further investigation and subsequent psychological assessment indicated that SCP-3947 had affected over a hundred site personnel without being visually observed.
The Ethics Committee decided that as SCP-3947 cannot be successfully contained without being occasionally observed (and as SCP-3947 is safely secured), it should be placed in D-Class habitation to improve co-operation and reduce rebellious tendencies.
Since the new containment procedures were implemented, there has been a marked positive increase in the attitudes of D-Class personnel at Site-76. Over 43% have reported a conversion to Buddhism.
All further research and testing of SCP-3947 has been cancelled by Lead Reseracher Dr Toraya Tenten. All personnel are safe. SCP-3947 is safe.
Item #: SCP-3947
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3947 is to be kept in a transparent case consisting of 2cm or more thick acrylic resin, and is to be set in the residential area of a rebellious D-class personnel.
Description: SCP-3947 is a wooden statue of Buddha (Mahavairocana) at a total length of 23.5cm, made from Japanese cypress around the late 15th century. The anomalous property of SCP-3947 affects individuals who have viewed SCP-3947 are in the vicinity of SCP-3947. Individuals affected by SCP-3947 will lose the ability to perceive and handle a crisis, and will judge that their current situation is "safe" or "relieved". While the affected individuals' crisis management capability can be re-learned by education, there is no known method to remove the effect immediately.
When initially secured, the effect of SCP-3947 was initially believed to only be through direct observation. 3 months after the containment of SCP-3947 by non-visual methods, SCP-███ breached its containment due to the lack of crisis management by multiple staff members, resulting in the loss of 1██ personnel. Additional investigation revealed that SCP-3947 will affect dozens or hundreds of individuals in close proximity to itself if it is not visually observed by individuals for a long period of time. Based on this investigation result, the containment procedures of SCP-3947 were revised to the current ones. As such, the influence of SCP-3947 has been restricted to D-class personnel, who will observe it, resulting in a successful re-containment. In addition, as the affected D-class personnel showed decreased awareness of the "danger of the Foundation", their work attitude has dramatically improved.
Further research and testing of SCP-3947 has not been scheduled. Safety of personnel and the object itself is fully secured.
Once we trembled to think what it would cause, but now we are safe. - Dr. ██████
THIS IS A DIVIDER.
This is the archive of completed skips currently featured on the main site.
Extract of SCP-3064-4
Item #: SCP-3064
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures:
Due to its non-physical nature, SCP-3064 cannot be fully contained at this time. Research Task Force 3064-Mu are to monitor social media, news sites, radio, television and local newspapers for reports alluding to physical or digital instances of SCP-3064, at all times.
All physical instances of SCP-3064 retrieved by Foundation personnel are to be catalogued and stored in designated Secure Object Lockers across Sites 15, 19 and 301. No more than one (1) physical instance of SCP-3064 is to be stored in the same Secure Object Locker to minimize potential losses in the event of a containment breach.
All digital instances of SCP-3064 are to be copied to a physical medium and stored according to the protocols described above, and all links to the file removed from public access. Foundation personnel are advised to proceed with caution should a digital instance of SCP-3064 go viral. In these instances, personnel with clearance SCP-3064/2 or above should carefully monitor social media trends to identify the effective potency of the SCP-3064 instance and determine risk before proceeding with containment procedures. Final decisions in these instances will be made by personnel with SCP-3064/4 clearance.
Original instances of SCP-3064 are not to be removed from the Secure Object Lockers without approval of personnel with SCP-3064/3 clearance. For testing and experimentation purposes, a copy must be made approximating the same materials. Sites 15 and 301 maintain caches of blank vinyl, CDs, DVDs and MP3 players for this purpose. Copies of a SCP-3064 instance are to be sealed individually using Class-G hazardous material polythene bags and sent to incineration.
Testing with original, physical instances of SCP-3064 must be submitted to the current Lead Research Director (SCP-3064/5) for approval.
Description:
SCP-3064 is a melody hypothesized to affect listeners by interfering with the listener’s perception of adverse stimuli. Through an as-yet not fully understood mechanism, this melody provokes a reduced fear response to adverse stimuli. Some instances of SCP-3064 have been shown to nullify fear responses in affected individuals and even reverse pre-existing fear conditioning. Instances of SCP-3064 affect listeners more strongly in live performances. For simplicity of reference, the effects of SCP-3064 on an individual will be referred to as ‘strong’, indicating a complete inhibition of fear and removal of prior fear conditioning, or ‘weak’, indicating an incomplete inhibition of fear with no effect on prior fear conditioning.
Notable instances of SCP-3064 are catalogued below:
Fragment of SCP-3064-6
SCP-3064-6 – "Hymn of Courage"
SCP-3064-6/1, -6/2, -6/3 and -6/4 are clay fragments bearing cuneiform script excavated in 1952 from the Amorite-Canaanite city of Ugarit (present day Ras Shamra) in northern Syria. It originally formed part of the 'Hurrian Songs' collection first reported in literature in 1955, as fragments h.18, h.29, and h.31-32. All details of these fragments have been removed from publically available scientific literature.
The translated text and musical notation of SCP-3064-6 was first published in 1992 by M. Szlezchny, and drew the Foundation’s attention in 1994 when ██████ ██████ published and performed a recital of a 'corrected' translation, resulting in Incident 3064-4. All known recordings of this arrangement of SCP-3064 were taken into Foundation custody and are designated SCP-3064-7. No casualties were reported, and Class C amnestics were administered to all present.
Foundation archaeological and paleolinguistic experts have confirmed that ██████ ██████’s translation of SCP-3064-6 is accurate and represents a hymn to the Canaanite deity Anat, a deity associated in the Ugarit tablets with war and conflict. The lyrics form a prayer to Anat to lend courage in battle to the worshipper. Experimental testing has shown that the lyrics recited as prose do not exhibit the inhibiting effect.
SCP-3064-6 is notable for being the oldest known physical instance of SCP-3064 to exist, and demonstrates that SCP-3064 has been present in human culture since at least 1400 BCE.
In 20██, an article on the Hurrian Songs published in the American Journal of Archaeology caught the Foundation's attention by referring directly to fragments h.31-32 in the context of a partial translation of other artifacts excavated from Ugarit (designated SCP-3064-6/A). Relevant passages from this journal have been reproduced below as Addendum 20██/01.
SCP-3064-1
SCP-3064-1 – "Victory’s Tune"
SCP-3064-1 is a small clockwork music box, measuring 8cm x 5cm x 4cm, made from English ash sometime in the 1930’s, and assumed to have been made by an independent craftsman. On the lid is an engraved image of the goddess Victory, imitating the statue on the Victoria Monument, London. On the inside of the lid is an inscription reading: 'To Johnny – Give them Hell! - B.' It is wound by a small brass key, and once wound will continue to play the first movement of SCP-3064 until wound down. The materials of the music box do not display any anomalous properties and the box has been disassembled and reassembled successfully without diminishing the effects of SCP-3064.
According to eyewitness accounts, the music box was recovered in 1942 from the wreckage of a RAF fighter plane piloted by John Turner (thought to be the 'Johnny' referred to in the box’s inscription), who was shot down near Hamburg on April 8th 1942 and did not eject his plane. The box passed through the hands of several owners before being abandoned in Berlin and looted by an American soldier, Thomas █████, who came to the attention of Foundation personnel following a bar brawl in Boston, MA in 1951 (Incident 3064-1). Mr. █████ sustained severe injuries in the brawl and was arrested on charges of aggravated assault. Police reports record that Mr. █████ was alternately humming and singing 'a curious tune' to himself while in the communal holding cell, and soon another fight had broken out in which Mr. █████ was killed, having fought 'like a madman' and 'displaying no fear'. An investigative agent was sent to Boston, and Mr. █████’s widow corroborated the police report, stating that he possessed a music box that played the same melody.
Foundation research has turned up three individuals who could be the ‘B’ referred to in the box’s inscription, but none have known links to other instances of SCP-3064.
SCP-3064 was redesignated SCP-3064-1 after the recovery of SCP-3064-2 in 1954 and testing proved that it is the melody, not the physical instance, that produces the anomalous effect on the listener.
SCP-3064-23 – "Sugar Sugar Sweet Fear"
SCP-3064-23 is a single produced by the Danish band Fennikelkage. The single, 'Sugar Sugar Sweet Fear' was released in 2002 but failed to be popular with audiences. Foundation observation following the protocols described above tentatively designated the track SCP-3064-23 due to its similarities in melody to known instances of SCP-3064, albeit significantly altered to include a chorus line and to fit the dance pop genre. No preventative action was taken by the Foundation at this time. An agent was dispatched and investigated the band, recovering an instance of SCP-3064-7.
In 2004 the Foundation began tracking increasing references to the song on the internet, originating in a Japanese video pairing the song with a 'chibi' depiction of the Grim Reaper (animation designated SCP-3064-23/A). A small spike in suicides was noted in the latter half of 2004 as the trend peaked in popularity (Incidents 3064-14 and 3064-15). After review, clearance was granted to begin a blanket operation of suppressing online mentions and availability of the video. It was removed from known video hosting services and a new trend was manufactured to distract attention.
The animator of the video, Kiniho Kunihiro, was later found to have committed suicide shortly after the video had first been released.
SCP-3064 Test Log - Entry 03
Date: 06/07/1952
Subject: D-4435, SCP-3064
Procedure: D-4435, a profoundly deaf Caucasian female with a fear of rats, was set in front of SCP-3064 and asked to look at the picture of a rat next to SCP-3064. The subject indicated discomfort at the sight of the picture. D-4435 was then asked to wind the key, then look at a picture of a rat until a light indicated she could stop. The subject wound the key and sat throughout 6 repetitions of the melody produced by SCP-3064 until the internal spring was wound down. She was asked to express her feelings about the picture, and again indicated discomfort.
Conclusion: No response to SCP-3064 observed.
Analysis: Unable to hear the melody produced by SCP-3064, D-4435's established fear of rats was not diminished by its effects. This indicates that it is the melody and not SCP-3064 that causes the anomalous effect.
Recommendation: SCP-3064 to be redesignated SCP-3064-1.
SCP-3064 Test Log - Entry 08
Date: 02/11/1952
Subject: One (1) cat (Felis catus), one (1) dog (Canis familiaris), SCP-3064-1
Procedure: The dog was caged to one side of the room, and the cat introduced to the room. The cat displayed an expected fear response. A research assistant wound the key of SCP-3064-1 and let the melody play for 2 minutes. After 20 seconds, the cat began to relax, and by the end of the 2 minutes was sitting on the floor of the room, ignoring the dog which continued to make an aggressive display.
Conclusion: Strong response to SCP-3064 observed.
Analysis: A cat was chosen for this experiment due to evidence that the Felis catus species is capable of appreciating music. The experiment demonstrates that exposure to the melody of SCP-3064 in conjunction with a fear-inducing stimulus will reduce the effect of that stimulus.
SCP-3064 Test Log - Entry 09
Date: 02/11/1952
Subject: One (1) cat (Felis catus), one (1) dog (Canis familiaris), SCP-3064-1
Procedure: Before the experiment began, the dog was allowed to attack the cat in a controlled environment. Experiment E-SCP-3064/08 was then reproduced, but after 2 minutes the cat continued to show fear.
Conclusion: Weak response to SCP-3064 observed.
Analysis: Having been conditioned to fear the dog, the cat now showed resistance to the effects of SCP-3064.
SCP-3064 Test Log - Entry 46
Date: 02/02/1995
Subject: D-7877, one (1) snake, one (1) copy of SCP-3064-7
Procedure: D-7877 had previously undergone basic testing to induce and reverse fear resistance to snakes. D-7877 was instructed to listen to SCP-3064-7 whilst handling a snake that had previously bitten him. Once made to co-operate, D-7877 showed lessened fear response to the snake after listening to the full length of SCP-3064-7. When the recording was played a second time D-7877 became reckless with the snake, causing in the snake to bite D-7877's neck. D-7877 did display pain but no fear to the snake, who continued to bite him. The experiment was terminated when D-7877 collapsed from blood loss.
Conclusion: Strong response to SCP-3064 observed.
Analysis: Repeated exposure to SCP-3064 seems to suppress basic survival responses in the subject to the object fear stimulus. This finding is consistent with the behaviours observed in Incident 3064-4.
Addenda:
During staff rotation, Research Assistant K. Peters was found to have entered the containment unit housing SCP-████, and was seen goading SCP-████ into action. Security were unable to retrieve K. Peters without exposing themselves to great personal risk, and K. Peters was killed by SCP-████. On examination of their belongings, an unauthorized magnetic tape recording of SCP-3064-1 was found. Cross-examination of past psychological profiles showed that K. Peters had expressed a particular fear of SCP-████.
Recommendation: Tighter control measures to be implemented on the creation of copies of SCP-3064 instances. Psychological screening measures improved to prevent staff with exploitable phobias coming into contact with SCP-3064.
When the Japanese authorities recovered the bodies of ██ individuals from the ██████████ Forest, █████ Prefecture, and █████ City, ███ Prefecture, all the bodies were found clutching copies of the same suicide note. The note contained the lyrics of the song Sugar Sugar Sweet Fear and a sketched drawing of a stylized Grim Reaper, under which was written the name 'shinigami-chan'. All those identified were found to have been suffering from depression or anxiety, and the local police ruled that the two groups had been part of a death cult. This was fortunate for the Foundation as local authorities began lobbying for the banning of Sugar Sugar Sweet Fear from broadcast.
Here follows relevant excerpts from Ugarit Ritual Texts (J. Adamson and █. ██████. Ugarit Ritual Texts. American Journal of Archaeology ███, ███, 20██).
Although incantations are poorly attested at Ugarit, some isolated instances have been found, most notably fragments h.7, h.9-10, h.14 and h.31-32 of the famed 'Hurrian Songs', excavated by ██████ ██████ in 1955. Their language structure and character are notoriously elusive of attempted translation, even by the most renowned of scholars in this area, but recent breakthroughs have enabled me to provide a translation of some of our most recent findings.
Of particular interest is ██████, which bears thematic similarity to h.31-32 of the Hurrian Songs:
(When) the spirit of fear calls out to me and beats at my ears,
I, for my part, will reach out to you,
I will shake my cymbal, and pluck my harp,
I will burn sweet wood and make offerings of brass and gold,
On gold and brass will I make offering of (life/blood),
To you, O Anat, virgin (wife/sister) of Baal-Hadad,
To you I will make offering.The wild dog will not make me afraid,
The mountain lion will not make me afraid,
The snake and the viper will not make me afraid,
I will not be afraid, O Anat, though a host of (demons) torment me,
On gold and brass will I make offering of (life/blood).Your song will be on my lips, your song will be in my throat,
Your words will be in my heart and your sweet music in my breast,
I will not be afraid, O Anat.
All known copies of this article have been removed from publicly available literature. The author of the article has not yet been located by the Foundation and is assumed to have been operating under a pseudonym. No other attributions to 'J. Adamson' have been found in relevant archaeological literature to date.
Portion of SCP-XXXX-078-A, taken after death.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Known instances of SCP-XXXX are to be purchased or requisitioned by the Foundation through any available means and secured in their place of manifestation, as instances of SCP-XXXX cannot be relocated without termination. In cases where requisition or purchase is deemed unfeasible, the instance of SCP-XXXX is to be terminated following Protocol 3B, and amnestics distributed to non-Foundation personnel known to have come into contact with SCP-XXXX.
Captive instances of SCP-XXXX-A are to be monitored for any change in their behaviour or biology. Instances of SCP-XXXX-B may be repurposed for experimental or storage use with the Lead Researcher's approval.
Description: SCP-XXXX is the collective designation for a series of anomalous organisms and the containers they manifest in. SCP-XXXX has been known to the Foundation since 1951, when it was first observed in the town of Geraldton, Western Australia. SCP-XXXX has since been observed manifesting worldwide at indeterminate intervals. The most recent instance of SCP-XXXX was reported on 01/08/20██ and is currently contained by Site 332.
All instances of SCP-XXXX observed to date have manifested in an urban or otherwise populated environment, often inside private residences or within private estates. An instance will manifest as an animal and a container, which are hereby respectively referred to as SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B.
SCP-XXXX-A takes the form of a member of the kingdom animalia2 contained within an appropriately-sized container. Instances of SCP-XXXX-A mimic the behaviour of the animal form they have taken, but differ in physical appearance by the absence of cross-sectional portions of their body, most commonly lateral to the spine3.
Despite these missing portions, the instance of SCP-XXXX-A will show no discomfort and continue to exist as if whole. An observer can see the internal organs of SCP-XXXX-A moving and operating as if the body was intact. Simple experimentation proves that these portions are physically absent as opposed to merely transparent. As long as SCP-XXXX-A remains within its container the different portions can be moved or re-arranged without disruption to its continued function.
SCP-XXXX-A will display reluctance to being removed from SCP-XXXX-B, and may attack if an attempt is made to forcefully remove it. Exactly 53 seconds4 after being removed from SCP-XXXX-B, SCP-XXXX-A will begin to bleed to death, and the individual portions of its body will react to gravitational pull as if they were no longer attached. At this point, SCP-XXXX-B ceases to affect SCP-XXXX-A and loses its anomalous properties5. In all observed instances, the cause of death has been severe blood loss leading to catastrophic organ failure.
Once SCP-XXXX-A is dead, the portions of its body no longer display any anomalous qualities and can be safely disposed of according to site-specific Organic Waste Protocols.
SCP-XXXX-B is the container that SCP-XXXX-A manifests in. Instances of SCP-XXXX-B have been observed to manifest in a wide range of sizes and appearances. While in SCP-XXXX-B, SCP-XXXX-A does not age, require food or drink6 suffer any ill effects stemming from the missing portions of its body.
SCP-XXXX-B does not display any anomalous properties when holding any living or dissected organisms that are not SCP-XXXX-A. SCP-XXXX-B displays an absolute hardness of 400-420 regardless of its appearance. While SCP-XXXX-A remains within SCP-XXXX-B, SCP-XXXX-B cannot be moved and displays resistance to all forms of force, although the same does not apply to SCP-XXXX-A7. However, once SCP-XXXX-A is dead, SCP-XXXX-B can be moved using appropriate force to its apparent size and weight.
Note: Since 30/05/2010, all known instances of SCP-XXXX have manifested in properties owned or maintained by the Foundation, and have increased in frequency. Further resources have been requested to study SCP-XXXX and determine if it poses a direct risk to the Foundation and the safe containment of dangerous entities.
Addenda:
SCP-XXXX-001 - 06/1951
This instance of SCP-XXXX took the form of a domestic cat (Felis catus) in a cardboard box. It manifested in the dining room of Mr. and Mrs. J. Philips of Geraldson, Western Australia. It came to the Foundation's attention when Mr. J. Philips reported the cat and its subsequent death to The Geraldton Guardian newspaper. Mr. and Mrs. J Philips were interviewed by Foundation agents posing as employees of The West Australian seeking an interview. SCP-XXXX-001-A's remains were exhumed and taken with SCP-XXXX-001-B to Site 32 for analysis.SCP-XXXX-001-A displayed no anomalous qualities and resembled the remains of a domesticated cat. They were later incinerated. SCP-XXXX-001-B was a cardboard box bearing the maker's mark of International Paper's Albany paper mill in Oregon, USA. Subsequent investigation of Albany Mill returned no anomalous findings. SCP-XXXX-B-001 was later incinerated.
SCP-XXXX-021 - 26/10/1986
This instance of SCP-XXXX took the form of a year-old lamb (Ovis aries) determined to be of the Merino breed, which manifested in a ceramic, free-standing bath in the bedroom of Mr. D. ██████ of Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, UK. It came to Foundation attention through an unrelated investigation > into Mr. D. ██████ regarding SCP-████.After Mr. D. ██████ was taken into Foundation custody, his property was purchased by the Foundation and received the designation Site 161, for the housing of SCP-XXXX-021. Subsequent experimentation on SCP-XXXX-021 correlated previous observations of the 53-second separation limit, and showed that returning the portions of SCP-XXXX-A to SCP-XXXX-B after this time did not prevent death.
The property was later sold and is no longer under Foundation observation as of 01/02/2001.
SCP-XXXX-064 - 22/05/2008
This instance of SCP-XXXX took the form of an armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in a cauldron and manifested in Uberlândia, Brazil. It was the first observed to not take the form of a domesticated animal, and manifested in a derelict petrol station on the outskirts of the city. This instance came to Foundation attention from mobile phone footage posted to YouTube of urban explorers finding SCP-XXXX-063. Its anomalous properties were missed by these explorers, due to the banded nature of the armadillo hiding the missing portions of its body.The video was flagged for Foundation attention by researchers due to the unusual appearance of SCP-XXXX-063-B, which closely resembled the Gundestrup Cauldron; a noted Celtic archaeological artifact on display in the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.
Foundation agents terminated SCP-XXXX-063-A and recovered SCP-XXXX-063-B, which was found to be identical in materials, composition and decay to the Gundestrup Cauldron. SCP-XXXX-063-B is currently contained in a secure display case in the researchers' lounge of Site 44.
SCP-XXXX-074 - 30/05/2010
This instance of SCP-XXXX took the form of a domestic cat (Felis catus) in a wooden firkin (a 9 gallon container). It manifested in the home of Lead Researcher Dr. Helen Parr and was reported to the Foundation the following morning. Dr. Parr recorded that the cat was identical in appearance to her deceased pet cat Figaro, noting particularly the torn right ear. Photographic comparison upholds this testimony. SCP-XXXX-074-A was terminated and the remains incinerated.SCP-XXXX-074-B bore the mark of Blandy's Wine Lodge, Funchal, Madeira. Chemical analysis of SCP-XXXX-074-B indicated that it was stained with the Xavelha blend of table wine, which Dr. Parr noted was her favourite. On her request, SCP-XXXX-074-B is now kept in her office.
SCP-XXXX-098 - 23/07/2012
This instance of SCP-XXXX took the form of a brown bear (Ursus arctos). It manifested in Humanoid Containment Cell 03█ of Site ██, formerly containing SCP-████. Security footage of the cell shows that SCP-XXXX-098 manifested at precisely 03:31:53. SCP-████, who was asleep at this time, awoke when SCP-XXXX-098-A began growling at it in a display of territorial aggression.Unlike previous instances of SCP-XXXX, SCP-XXXX-098 did not manifest with an identifiable SCP-XXXX-098-B. It is suspected that Humanoid Containment Cell 03█ was itself treated as SCP-XXXX-098-B. Unfortunately, by the time Foundation Security Personnel were able to respond to the situation, SCP-XXXX-098-A had killed SCP-████. Security subdued SCP-XXXX-098-A and killed it in the ensuring gunfire. SCP-XXXX-098-A and SCP-████'s remains were incinerated.
SCP-XXXX was reclassified as 'Euclid' following this incident.
SCP-XXXX-105 - 23/05/2013
This instance of SCP-XXXX took the form of a theropod dinosaur (determined to resemble Allosaurus fragilis) and manifested in Arsenal ██ of Secure Containment Site ██. Security footage shows that SCP-XXXX-105 manifested at precisely 03:31:53. SCP-XXXX-105-A did not manifest with an identifiable SCP-XXXX-105-B, lending evidence to the hypothesis that SCP-XXXX can use pre-existing structures to manifest itself.SCP-XXXX-105 is notable for being the first recorded instance of SCP-XXXX to manifest as an extinct creature. It was subdued with the loss of 3 Security Personnel and the remains were sent to Site ██ for further analysis.
SCP-3253-A
Item #: SCP-3253
Object Class: Euclid Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3253-A is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell and provided with adequate enrichment according to established Ethics Committee Protocol. SCP-3253-A is not permitted to come into contact with SCP-3253-C. SCP-3253-A may come into contact with SCP-3253-B under supervision and for no longer than 60 minutes at a time. SCP-3253-A is not permitted any object that can be sharpened to the point of cutting or damaging skin. SCP-3253-A is to undergo quarterly psychological profiling to avert the formation of suicidal tendencies. SCP-3253-A's fingernails are to be kept short to prevent obsessive scratching of its skin.
SCP-3253-B is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell on life support. Medical personnel assigned to tend to SCP-3253-B are to be kept under supervision during treatment. SCP-3253-B is not permitted to come into contact with SCP-3253-C.
SCP-3253-C is to be kept in a standard Secure Storage Locker and may only be removed for testing.
Description: SCP-3253 is a phenomenon which manifests only when SCP-3253-B tattoos an image onto SCP-3253-A's skin using SCP-3253-C (hereafter referred to as 'A', 'B' and 'C' for brevity). The image tattooed must resemble in some way an object, person, time, place or phenomenon with which A has come into contact and which A can recall without the aid of mnestics or veritants.
Once B considers the tattooed image to be completed, the object of the tattoo will spontaneously cease to exist as an independent object, and will instead become part of A. Destroying the image physically returns the object to existence (see Experiments 08, 10 and 11). Subjects returned in this fashion appear to suffer a sympathetic effect related to the method used to destroy the image.
SCP-3253-A, previously D-4423, is an Asian male of mixed American and Japanese descent in its mid-forties identifying as Kimotsuki Tadahashi. 87% of A's body is covered in tattoos of varying design. A claims to have obtained the majority of these tattoos during its time as an operative of the 任侠団体 (Ninkyo Dantai, or Yakuza), working for the 住吉会 (Sumiyoshi-kai) group in Tokyo. A came into Foundation custody after its arrest in Tokyo in 20██ for the murder of a local businessman and his family.
SCP-3253-B, previously D-8779, is an Asian male of Japanese descent in its late forties identifying as Takuji Matsuda. B has been in a comatose state and under necessary life support since Incident 3253-4. B is known to have previously been a tattoo artist in Tokyo, and came into Foundation custody in 20██ after a sting operation conducted by the Japanese police implicated B in a series of murders.
SCP-3253-C
SCP-3253-C is a crudely manufactured tattooing needle created by B during its time as D-Class personnel. C is constructed from a wooden peg, a sharpened bone needle of animal origin, and twine obtained from Foundation stationary.
SCP-3253 was first noticed by the Foundation after Incident 3253-2, in which SCP-████ vanished from containment at Site ██ on ██/██/20██. SCP-3253 was then retroactively identified as the cause of Incident 3253-1, in which [REDACTED] similarly vanished from containment at Site ██. The inquiry into Incident 3253-2 found that the only connection between the two incidents, other than the method of containment breach, was that A had been recently subjected to testing with both objects.
A was removed from D-Class habitation and interviewed. Relevant sections of the interview logs are reprinted here.
Interviewed: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A)
Interviewer: Researcher Yuji Tange
Foreword: Interview originally conducted in Japanese owing to D-4423's fluency compared to English. Original transcript available on request.
Interview conducted on ██/██/20██, two days after the report on the inquiry into SCP-████'s containment breach was published.
<Begin Log, 13:04 ██/██/20██>
Researcher Yuji: Good afternoon, D-4423. I have been requested to ask you a few questions about your testing with [REDACTED] and SCP-████.
D-4423: I don't wish to discuss [SCP-████].
Researcher Yuji: Yes, I understand you had an adverse psychological reaction when exposed to the object. Very well, we will begin with [REDACTED]. You were part of Dr Wilson's tests on prolonged contact with [REDACTED]. From what I can see, you did not suffer any ill effects from this testing.
D-4423 scoffs.
Researcher Yuji: Is there something you would like to add?
D-4423: After twenty-four hours with that thing I couldn't sleep for five nights. I saw it whenever I closed my eyes. I heard it speaking in the dark after the lights are put out. I would lie down and feel it on my chest, choking the breath out of me.
Researcher Yuji: You made no mention of this at the time, or in subsequent psychological profiling. We could have administered amnestics to you.
D-4423: And end up with a bullet in the back of my neck come the end of the month? I'm only telling you now because I've been dragged in here. If these are my last words I might as well say what I want.
Researcher Yuji pauses for 6 seconds and looks down at his papers.
Researcher Yuji: Site medical records indicate that you obtained a tattoo of [REDACTED] shortly after testing. From your previous interviews I am given to understand that you… 'collect' tattoos. Is this for symbolic reasons, or simply to remember events in your life you consider important?
D-4423: Most of these are jobs I did. People I killed. I thought…
D-4423 pauses for 4 seconds. Researcher Tange gestures for him to continue.
D-4423: I thought that if I could get it out of my head and onto my skin I could… 'kill' it. It could join the others.
Researcher Yuji: Our records show that [REDACTED] disappeared from containment shortly before your monthly check-up, at which the new tattoo was first noted. Before now, did you have any knowledge of [REDACTED]'s loss?
D-4423 expresses shock at the statement, and nervously glances at his right arm, currently covered by a grey jumpsuit.
D-4423: No, I was not aware.
Researcher Yuji: Similarly, you obtained another new tattoo around the time of SCP-████'s loss from-
D-4423 rises from their seat and is clearly expressing fear. He has reflexively grabbed his left forearm and is squeezing it tightly.
Researcher Yuji: You did not know?
D-4423: Where is it? Am I safe?
Researcher Yuji: Please, sit back down. SCP-████ has… been lost from containment. We have reason to suspect you are the cause.
D-4423 refuses to co-operate further with the interview and begins pounding on the door to be let back into D-Class habitation.
<End Log, 13:08 ██/██/20██>
Closing Statement: Interview terminated and subject was forcefully pacified by security staff. While short, this interview establishes D-4423's fear of SCP-████ and [REDACTED], and verifies that he had no prior knowledge of their escape from containment.
SCP-3253-A was given a medical check-up the following day and the tattoos representing SCP-████ and [REDACTED] were identified and photographed. In another interview, A revealed the identity of SCP-3253-B (D-8779) under duress. B was subjected to interview by Researcher Yuji.
Interviewed: D-8779 (SCP-3253-B)
Interviewer: Researcher Yuji Tange
Foreword: Interview originally conducted in Japanese owing to D-8779's fluency compared to English. Original transcript available on request.
Interview conducted on ██/██/20██, seven days after the report on the inquiry into SCP-████'s containment breach was published.
<Begin Log, 10:20 ██/██/20██>
Researcher Yuji: Good morning, D-8779. The purpose of today's interview is to discuss your artistry. I understand you were a horishi prior to your arrest and transfer here?
D-8779: Yes.
Researcher Yuji: I also understand you have continued this profession while in custody.
D-8779: It satisfies me.
Researcher Yuji: The report I have here indicates that you perform these services for not only other D-Class personnel, but also some of the security staff. You must understand that this is a breach of multiple security protocols.
D-8779 smiles.
Researcher Yuji: … Very well. Before your incarceration, have any of your clients displayed anomalous behaviours?
D-8779: No.
Researcher Yuji: Your art?
D-8779: No.
Researcher Yuji pauses for 10 seconds and looks down at his papers.
Researcher Yuji: What is the nature of your relationship with D-4423?
D-8779: Tadahashi has been my client a number of times.
Researcher Yuji: And that is all?
D-8779: That is all.
Researcher Yuji: His statement in our last interview implied otherwise. D-8779, I am sure you understand that this process is facilitated by giving me truthful responses to my questions. If you and D-4423 are lovers it may be a vital part of the anomalous process we have identified, and it is similarly vital that it is documented.
D-8779 does not initially respond. Video footage shows D-8779 adopting defensive body language and refusing to meet Researcher Yuji's eye.
Researcher Yuji: Very well. Perhaps at another date. The last questions I have to ask you are regarding the nature of your instruments, your tebori. Security obtained this from your cell. How did you come by the materials for these objects?
Researcher Yuji places a bag on the table containing tattooing implements used by D-8779.
D-8779: Perhaps you should spend less time investigating my relationships and more time watching your cameras.
D-8779 refuses to respond further beyond this point. Researcher Yuji terminates interview.
<End Log, 10:23 ██/██/20██>
After further interviews with A and B, and preliminary analytical testing on SCP-3253-C Researcher Yuji submitted his initial report, concluding that none of the three objects were themselves inherently anomalous, but only became anomalous when brought together. The phenomenon was granted classification SCP-3253 and permission was granted for further testing. Extracts from the testing logs are reproduced below.
SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 01
Date: ██/██/20██
Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 (SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, one (1) rabbit.Procedure: D-4423 was seated and secured opposite a caged white rabbit. D-8879 was made to tattoo an image of the rabbit on D-4423 using SCP-3253-C. Subjects coerced to proceed despite initial noncooperation. Process lasts four hours. At the precise instant D-8779 considers the tattoo to be complete, the rabbit disappears from the cage. Disappearance observed to be instantaneous. Analysis of individual frames of security footage show the exact disappearance occurs at 14:43:23, with the rabbit disappearing on the 23rd frame of that second.
Conclusion: Test proves that SCP-3253 is reproducible.
Recommendation: Further testing should be undertaken to prove Researcher Yuji's hypotheses about the linked nature of SCP-3253-A, -B and -C.
Subsequent testing (Experiments 02-04) confirms the need for all three parts of SCP-3253 to be present and used for the anomaly to manifest.
SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 05
Date: ██/██/20██
Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 (SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, one (1) mouse.Procedure: D-4423 was blindfolded and given earplugs. After ensuring that D-4423 could neither see nor hear anything, a caged mouse was brought into the room and D-8779 was made to tattoo an image of the mouse on D-4423. The mouse did not disappear when the tattoo was completed.
Conclusion: Test indicates that SCP-3253-A must be aware of the subject for the anomalous effect to occur.
SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 06
Date: ██/██/20██
Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 (SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, D-5754.Procedure: D-4423 was seated and secured opposite D-5754, an adult female of Latin-American origin. D-8779 was requested to work with D-4423 to create a symbolic image representing D-5754, and to then tattoo that image onto D-4423. The image was requested to be no larger than 5cm x 5cm and to be placed on D-4423's right wrist. The intent was to observe SCP-3253's effect on a non-anomalous sentient being in preparation for further testing.
Both D-4423 and D-8779 refuse to co-operate with the test. Security personnel subdue D-8779, and in doing so harm him. D-4423 pleads with security personnel and agrees to undergo testing, despite D-8779's continued refusal. D-8779 is taken away and the test abandoned.
SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 07
Date: ██/██/20██
Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 (SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, D-5754.Procedure: This experiment was intended to complete the test attempted previously. D-4423 and D-8779 discuss in Japanese the form the tattoo should take, settling on a design after twenty-three minutes. Once the outline is completed, D-5754 falls unconscious. D-8779 pauses work, but is urged to continue once it is determined by Researcher Yuji that D-5754 is still alive. D-5754 disappears from the room as expected when the tattoo is completed, although her clothes remain.
Conclusion: SCP-3253 can potentially be utilized in the containment of anomalous objects or entities. Further testing scheduled.
SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 08
Date: ██/██/20██
Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A).Procedure: D-4423 was subjected to laser tattoo removal to remove the image created in Experiment 07. D-4423 is initially unwilling to undergo the process, but is convinced by Researcher Yuji. When the process begins, D-4423 exclaims in pain and interrupts the procedure. He describes the sensation as similar to being shot, and that the pain is concentrated at the forehead.
Researcher Yuji calls a temporary halt to testing. D-4423 is relocated to a medical facility on site where he is placed in to a combined EEG/MRI instrument and the test is resumed.
D-4423 continues to experience extreme sensations of pain until he passes out two minutes into the procedure. EEG data indicates abnormal activity in the frontal lobes throughout the process.
When the removal is complete, a corpse suffering what appear to be third-degree burns across 100% of their body appears in the room. DNA testing is partial but indicates that the body is that of D-5754. D-4423 is removed from the room and regains consciousness three hours later.
Conclusion: Removing the tattoo reverses the effect of SCP-3253, but with unexpected consequences. Other means of removal should be tested.
SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 09
Date: ██/██/20██
Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A).Procedure: D-4423 was anaesthetised and the tattoo of the rabbit from Experiment 01 was surgically removed via removal of the dermis and epidermis of the affected area. Fresh skin was transplanted from a donor to replace that taken. No effect is observed in the room when the skin is completely removed. The removed skin is placed on ice and kept in storage.
Conclusion: Merely removing the skin but leaving the image intact did not reverse SCP-3253. It is therefore hypothesized that the effect of SCP-3253 is only reversed when the image is destroyed.
SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 10
Date: ██/██/20██
Subject: Section of skin removed from SCP-3253-A in Experiment 09.Procedure: The skin is flash frozen with liquid nitrogen and shattered with a blow from a hammer. Immediately, fractured and frozen fur, skin, bone and viscera appear in the room. The appearance of the fur and total mass is consistent with that of the rabbit from Experiment 01.
Conclusion: Destroying the image reverses SCP-3253 but induces a sympathetic effect in the subject of the original image.
SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 11
Date: ██/██/20██
Subject: Section of skin removed from SCP-3253-A, depicting a bird.Procedure: SCP-3253-B was made to tattoo an image of a bird on SCP-3253-A. Once the bird had disappeared, the image was surgically removed from SCP-3253-A and desiccated. When the moisture content of the section of skin reached <1%, the desiccated body of the bird appeared in the room.
Conclusion: At this time, the only way to reverse SCP-3253 seems to be detrimental to the subject of the image.
Further testing was suspended after Experiment 11. Researcher Yuji's proposal for a series of tests that would enable SCP-3253 to be utilized in the containment of objects classified Safe was under consideration by senior staff until the occurrence of Incident 3253-3 on ██/██/20██. A summary of the key events is included below.
On 14/08/20██ SCP-3253-A was admitted to emergency medical care at Site-██, suffering severe blood loss arising the self-amputation of its left forearm. After two hours of emergency medical treatment, A was stabilized, although unconscious. Also detained was one Jeffrey Garrett, a member of Site-██ security who, it was found, had been in close contact with A and B for over three months in the course of his duties.
An internal tribunal heard how Mr Garrett had obtained a meat cleaver from Site-██'s kitchens, from an acquaintance on the catering staff, Fariha Layan Asfour. Ms Asfour and Mr Garrett both expressed sympathy for A and B, who, they claim, had 'suffered too much'. Mr Garrett admitted that he had severed A's left forearm at its request, and had then called for medical aid to prevent A's death.
A's forearm, containing the tattoo of SCP-████, was recovered from its cell and placed in cold storage to prevent containment loss of SCP-████.
Upon recovery, A was interviewed and it became apparent that despite monthly psychological profiling overseen by Researcher Yuji, none of the reports had been filed with Site-██ medical staff. It was therefore not noticed that A was suffering from depression and paranoia regarding SCP-████.
Researcher Yuji was questioned and admitted failing to file the psychological reports. He justified his actions by stating his belief that 'the SCP-3253 project was potentially too valuable a tool to let the Ethics Committee put a stop to it'.
Researcher Yuji was reassigned to Site-36 and continues to be under scrutiny by the Ethics Committee for possible future breaches of trust.
After A had recovered, Site-██ Administration decided that the continued safe containment of SCP-████ was of paramount importance, and requested that its image be once again tattooed onto A, as a safeguard in case its severed forearm was no longer sufficient means of containment. The proceedings form Incident 3253-4.
On 07/01/20██ SCP-3253-B was requested to tattoo the image of SCP-████ back onto SCP-3253-A. A and B were both emotionally distraught at the time of the procedure. At the beginning of security footage relevant to Incident 3253-4, A and B can be seen conversing in Japanese. They are both upset and exchange apologies and comfort to each other for past events. After two minutes, B is urged to continue with the procedure.
It is at this point that B can be seen to pause and stare at SCP-3253-C, with body language indicating revulsion of the object. B is once more heard to apologize, and bids A before swiftly bringing C to its temple and embedding it in the region of the pterion.
B immediately collapses to the ground and loses consciousness as A screams and rushes to cradle B. Security personnel intervene and pull A and B apart, before sending B to site medical care. A is subdued and returned to its cell.
B has not recovered consciousness since Incident 3253-4 and remains on life support. A's mental state was observed to rapidly degrade following Incident 3253-4 and it now remains mostly non-responsive to site personnel. A is kept under constant watch for the formation of nervous behaviours.
The Ethics Committee deliberated on 20/05/20██ that A be allowed weekly visitation with B, provided the visitation time does not exceed one hour and that both are kept under constant supervision.
As B remains in a coma and is considered unlikely to awake in the immediate future, Site-██ Administration have reclassified SCP-3253 as Safe.
