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K.S. Sorabji, Archimagus

Item#: XXXX

Level4

Containment Class:

keter

Secondary Class:

none

Disruption Class:

amida

Risk Class:

danger

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The album cover for a performance of an SCP-XXXX instance by PoI-XXXX-23.

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description: SCP-XXXX is the collective designation for the acts of performing various works written by PoI-XXXX-1¹ from 1915 up until his incapacitation around 1982. Each of these works is fundamentally composed of a series of kinetoglyphs, converted into piano music through the use of Mazzola hypergestural homeomorphisms² and interspersed with traditional free atonality. SCP-XXXX instances usually have highly unambiguous notation to ensure that the kinetoglyph is carried out correctly, in what PoI-XXXX-17 calls "embodied notation³." The process or processes actually used at the time of creation for these kinetoglyphs are still unknown, as Mazzola gesture theory was not yet invented.

Each of these kinetoglyphs imparts those who successfully carry it out with extensive knowledge into specific parts of Daevite history, mythology, and/or academia. The amount and potency of this knowledge differ vastly between instances of SCP-XXXX. However, a general correlation has been observed between the approximate difficulty of the instance and the depth of the knowledge it imbues. This can vary widely, from SCP-XXXX-82⁴ only informing the performer of the Daeva's existence, to SCP-XXXX-58⁵ causing the development of an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the structure of Daevite priesthood and thaumaturgical rites.

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Footnotes

1. Refers to English composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.

2. A set of possible transformations to the individual gestures of a kinetoglyph such that it maintains its fundamental properties. For further information see Mazzola, G., Mannone, M., Pang, Y., Junod, J. (2012). An extended theory of musical topology and gestural equivalence. Journal of Artistically Applied Topology, 39(5), 892-938.

3. See Musical Complexity and "Embodied Notation": A Study of the Opus Clavicembalisticum (K. S. Sorabji). H██████, L. et al. (2017). Empirical Musicology Review, 12(1-2), 59-71.

4. Original title: Suggested Bell-Chorale for St Luke’s Carillon. A simple monophonic work written in 1961.

5. Original title: Piano Sonata No. 5. Also known as Opus Archimagicum. One of PoI-XXXX-1's most notoriously virtuosic works, written from 1934 to 1935.

6. See Exploration Log XXXX-7.

7. Henceforth designated PoI-XXXX-1.

Title 2

Item#: XXXX

Level3

Containment Class:

safe

Secondary Class:

none

Disruption Class:

vlam

Risk Class:

warning

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Special Containment Procedures: Through collaboration with local government, the Château Lortie has been condemned and cordoned off with barbed wire in a 30-meter radius surrounding the entry point to SCP-XXXX. All civilians attempting to trespass are to be reported to local authorities, and any civilian who encounters SCP-XXXX is to be amnesticized immediately.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an extradimensional space of indeterminate size, accessible via a trapdoor inside the Château Lortie, a folly castle located in Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu, France. Current explorations indicate a floor area of at least 0.18km². SCP-XXXX is thought to be currently uninhabited, although certain discoveries are thought to indicate that it has previously been subject to unreported exploration.

SCP-XXXX consists of an extensive complex of at least 9,568 rooms of varying sizes. All rooms found in SCP-XXXX are rectangular or are otherwise formed based on a series of right angles. Any stairways, elevators, escalators, ramps, and ladders have yet to be discovered within these rooms, implying the existence of only one floor.⁶ No other consistent patterns have been observed in regards to the layout of this space.

The means by which SCP-XXXX was created are still unknown. Pierre-Joseph Lortie⁷, the original architect of the castle, is currently missing. Previous documentation regarding the castle makes no reference to the existence of SCP-XXXX, and the friends and family of PoI-XXXX-1 have yet to provide any relevant information to Foundation personnel.

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