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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE ANY PERSONNEL TO FULLY REMOVE THE OUTER LAYER OF FILTH ON SCP-XXXX-A OR SCP-XXXX-B, OR FULLY REMOVE TRASH FROM THE CONTAINMENT CELL1.

SCP-XXXX are to be contained in a 10x10 meter cell, this cell is to be filled on a weekly basis with garbage until all of the refuse on the floor is roughly 15cm high. Containing SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B in seperate cells is disallowed unless for testing purposes. Any personnel filling SCP-XXXX’s cell are advised to give a ‘Thumbs-Up’ in reply to SCP-XXXX’s ‘Thumb’s Up’ to avoid being sprayed with SCP-XXXX’s pink fluid.

Description: SCP-XXXX are two humanoid beings covered in human garbage, one resembling a human male, and the other a human female, hereafter referred to as SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B respectively. They have rounded appendages with no digits except thumbs on their arms. Both SCP-XXXX have three orifices on their heads, resembling eyes and a mouth. Inspection of these orifices show total darkness inside, unknown how SCP-XXXX blocks light from escaping these orifices. SCP-XXXX adheres trash to it’s body with an unknown binding agent, as upon removal from SCP-XXXX any signs of this agent are not present.

SCP-XXXX has a daily routine, detailed below:

1. It will “Awaken” from it’s bed of trash at 0600

2. It will proceed to attach any refuse available to its body until none of its shell is visible

3. SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B will produce whistling vocalizations towards each other, meaning unknown

4. SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B will act as a loving couple, ballroom dancing, whistling songs from the 1950s, and embracing each other. No fornication has been observed

5. At 2000 hours, SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B will proceed to “Sleep” inside the layer of trash present in their containment cell.

6. During “Sleep” SCP-XXXX will digest all surrounding trash into their body through their shell, mechanism unknown.

Reasoning for the choice of songs and dance is as of yet unknown.

SCP-XXX is normally docile, and does not require much attention besides being fed.

Removal of any part of the outside layer of trash reveals a hard shell with a texture similar to sandstone. The shell measures around 8.7 on the Mohs scale2. The trash covering SCP-XXXX seems to be a minor portion of SCP-XXXX’s mass, as the inner shell makes up a majority of it’s being, estimated to be around 25 cm in thickness. Penetration of the shell reveals a putrid, pink, jelly-like substance, which oozes out of SCP-XXXX and fills any holes in its shell, hardening into a new shell. The new shell is not as hard as the original, but it does return to its original hardness in 1-2 days. It can be assumed that the pink jelly is refuse that has gone through SCP-XXXX’s digestive cycle.

SCP-XXXX posses a vague understanding of communication, as it makes gestures and produces whistling vocalizations. When any human brings any form of trash to SCP-XXXX, both SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B raise their left arms and proceed to give a ‘Thumbs-up’ to the personnel that have delivered the trash. A ‘Thumbs-Up’ back is expected from any personnel, reasoning is unknown. Lack of a response is met with both SCP-XXXX spraying their pink fluid upon the personnel. Pink fluid does not harden as it does when in contact with SCP-XXXX. No other action is taken, SCP-XXXX continues it’s normal behavior.3

How SCP-XXXX determines what is and isn’t trash is still undergoing testing, however the general criteria are objects that can no longer be used to perform their original function.