Object Class: Safe Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXX is to have one bulb plugged into it at all times. A generator should be used to maintain continuous power to the containment chamber containing SCP-XXX in the event of a power failure. Foundation staff should monitor the interior of the chamber using LDR Sensors and notify the current site director should the color temperature dip below 1850k. At this point, foundation staff should notify the Site Director for authorization to replace the bulb plugged into SCP-XXX. SCP-XXX is responsible for the comfort and containment of SCP-XXX-1. Any unauthorized removal of SCP-XXX outside of testing will be met with immediate disciplinary action.
SCP-XXX and SCP-XXX-1 are to be kept in a five-meter by five-meter room located at Site-21. The room should be furnished with the following items:
- One twin-sized bed with a race car frame
- One teddy bear
- One four drawer dresser
- One drawing table with chair
These items must be positioned around the outer edge of SCP-XXX's light radius.
The Hallway leading up to SCP-XXX's room must be equipped with LDR sensors and floodlights spaced two meters apart facing the door. In the event of a breach MTF-Pi-472, dubbed Monsters under the Bed, are to be notified immediately.. The flood lights can be used to temporarily deter SCP-XXX-1 until they arrive.
Under no circumstances should any other form of bulb be placed into SCP-XXX. Any violation of this protocol will lead to immediate dismissal from Site-21.
Description SCP-XXX is a flat circular base point one-five meters in diameter with a light bulb socket at its center which currently holds an Edison Light bulb circa 1881. The base was found along with a crate of twenty-five identical bulbs. X-rays of the base show a wiring pattern of unknown origin. Supplementary evidence found in the Edison bundle confirms that the base is able to generate both Alternating Current and Direct Current simultaneously. Testing on the base has generated no significant results.
Any bulb fitted into SCP-XXX that is not one of the twenty-five Edison light bulbs will immediately burn out and burst. The panic created by this action will trigger the Night phase of SCP-XXX-1.
SCP-XXX-1 is a 10-year-old male humanoid boy made out of darkness. He gives off no heat, has no need to eat and appears healthy. Blood work and DNA testing produce no anomalous results. X-rays performed on the humanoid boy reveals no anomalous results. While SCP-XXX-1 is capable of interaction with non-living items no physical contact with SCP-XXX-1 can be made. Any living organism that touches SCP-XXX-1 will pass through him and begin to feel an immediate rush of adrenaline associated with the flight or fight mechanic. Results on test subjects who have interacted with the humanoid boy show elevated levels of glutamate, cortisol, and adrenaline.
Should the light bulb in SCP-XXX fail SCP-XXX-1 will rapidly progress through four stages of Twilight:
- Civil Twilight: SCP-XXX-1's darkness expands and color temperature in the room dips to 800k
- Nautical Twilight:SCP-XXX-1's darkness consumes its containment chamber, light is still visible but human eyes have difficulty picking it out. Remote Cameras are still able to make out the corners of the room.
- Astronomical Twilight: SCP-XXX-1 becomes a cognitohazard at this point and light is barely visible. The walls of the containment chamber appear to vanish to the human eye. Remote cameras switch to night vision
- Night: SCP-XXX-1's darkness rapidly expands and becomes all-consuming. All visual senses are impacted and cameras utilizing night vision technology fail. Portable sonar tests in the initial area of SCP-XXX-1 in this phase return random results of distance. Anyone caught in this stage experiences rapid elevations of glutamate, cortisol, and adrenaline. Prolonged exposure can lead to death.
Authorization Request: 6450-2
Requestor: Dr. [Redacted] Tru
Request: Authorization to test medically beneficial SCP's on SCP-XXX-1
Reason for Request: SCP-XXX-1 is a time bomb. We have conducted several tests on SCP-XXX and so far all results have lead to near breaches. Foundation Engineers have tried to replicate the Edison Light Bulbs found with SCP-XXX but all results have ended in failure. We currently have 5 light bulbs left; that gives us 5 years to find a cure. I have included all test results in this request form so that you can see I have exhausted all avenues of testing to find a way to continue to contain and protect SCP-XXX-1.
Because of these negative results I am requesting permission to test SCP-[redacted], SCP-[redacted], and consult with SCP-[redacted] on a potential cure for the boy SCP-XXX-1
Request Denied
Addendum: During the transport of SCP-XXX and SCP-XXX-1 to it's current holding facilities in Site-21 a member of foundation staff dropped the crate carrying the Edison bulbs. None of the lights were damaged but a crack in the crate revealed several small wrapped bundles containing the below items:
- A logbook written by Thomas Edison
- A letter from Nikola Tesla to Edison
- A somewhat tattered stuffed bear that SCP-XXX-1 was excited to have back
- A schematic for SCP-XXX drawn by Telsa and an unknown hand
December 19th
I never thought that I would agree to help that upstart Tesla. Yet here we are. The boy's condition is unknown to me. When Tesla first brought him to Menlo Park the boys' skin was gray from the tips of his fingers to his halfway up his forearm. According to Telsa, the boy had been struck by accident during one of his demonstrations.
Now his condition has advanced to his elbows. I have contracted an old friend, Dr. Julius Tru, to assist in our endeavors but so far he has not been able to find any rational explanation for the boys' condition.
January 21st
The boys' condition has grown worse. His arms and part of his chest are now gray. His fingers have turned black and much to the surprise of Julius; intangible. The boy panicked today and my lab was washed in shadows as if Twilight had descended in through the windows. As his fear grew I watched the strange darkness leak from his fingertips expanding outward on the cot I had provided him. The moment it touched me I felt a fear so deep and intense I thought Satan himself might be breathing down my neck. My mind lurched me back to the times of my childhood when my brother would terrorize me in the dark.
May 3rd
I do not know the why nor the how but the original bulbs that Swan and I created seem to hold back the darkness. The soft light seems to soothe the boy but whatever he is becoming consumes the light faster than we can create it. Each bulb lasts mere days and we have learned that we cannot turn them off or whatever is affecting the boy begins to spread. My factory is working overtime to produce more bulbs.
June 1st
Tesla returned today. By some miracle or madness, he created a base that appears to chain both currents to its will. The bulbs, which lasted only days, now last weeks before failing. It is by no means a victory but it at least buys us time.
The boy's skin now is mostly intangible, his face is all that remains tangible to living touch. It is strange that he can interact with items but not people. Julius, however, believes the boy is suffering from a malady that makes him averse to any form of natural light. I will trust the doctor on this one.
December 25th
Telsa left me a note along with a new mount for the bulb. I have tried to decipher the instructions provided for the mount but the longer I look the more I feel like I am descending into madness. No human hand could have helped him in the creation of this mount. Whether it the work of Gods or Demons I don't know but if it works each one of my bulbs will last a year.
Julius has promised to continue to work with the boy and I have set up a small hidden room for the lad in Menlo Park. I fear that neither science nor medicine is advanced enough to cure him but I will continue to work with Julius on this in the hopes that he can be normal again.
Edison,
I know you will take care of the boy. Before I depart to seek out other endeavors I wanted to at least provide him with some hope. The base I have included with this letter was made with the aid of minds far greater than we can comprehend. Together we were able to marry the twin currents to our will and fashion a device that will power your light bulbs and hold back the boys condition.
My hope is that one day you and the good doctor will find a cure. Apologize to him for me; please. It is my fault he suffers from his fate but there is no more I can do for him.
Tesla
Dr. Tru with Dr.[redacted] assisting
Note: Test was carried out prior to the discovery of the Edison Bundle. A flashlight is placed in the containment room with SCP-XXX-1, cameras with night vision and LDR sensors are recording.
Research staff remove the bulb from SCP-XXX and leave the room. SCP-XXX-1 immediately begins to ask for the light back. Dr. Tru assures SCP-XXX-1 that the flashlight will keep him safe. SCP-XXX-1 remains on his bed and attempts to argue with the doctor who tries to reassure him.
Sensors in the room report light levels as low as 800k and cameras within the room switch over to night vision five minutes later. SCP-XXX-1 grows more distressed during this time. He begins to scream and claims the monsters are coming. The room containing SCP-XXX-1 begins to darken rapidly and audio from the room begins to pick up what sounds like growls. SCP-XXX-1 can be heard screaming. The flashlight's light is immediately swallowed by darkness expanding from SCP-XXX-1
Dr. Tru orders and end to the experiment and a research staff manages to affix a new bulb into SCP-XXX before it's containment chamber is completely consumed.
Dr.[Redacted] with Researcher [Redacted] assisting
Purpose: Determine what occurs when SCP-XXX-1 enters its advanced stages. D-class personnel equipped with audio recording equipment as well as monitors designed to measure levels of cortisol, adrenaline and glutamate.
Foundation staff removes SCP-XXX from its base and D-class personnel is told to enter the containment area. SCP-XXX-1 greats the D-Class and asks if they are bringing back the light. D-class responds to the negative. SCP-XXX-1 begins to grow agitated. He looks towards the camera and begs for the light back. Request denied. SCP-XXX-1 begins to cry and enters his first stage. D-Class personnel is visibly upset by the scene but are assured that it's perfectly normal and no harm will come to them.
D-Class personnel asks to leave the room. Request denied. Dr.[redacted] asks D-class what they are feeling at the moment. D-Class responds saying they feel afraid. Minor spikes in all three levels of chemicals are noted by they are in safe ranges. Ten minutes later SCP-XXX-1 enters its Advanced stage.
Recording equipment picks up the sound of SCP-XXX-1 screaming and D-Class personnel immediately begins running. Transcription of Audio Log below:
<Transcription of Audio Log>
D-Class: Come on man, get me out of here!
Doctor: You will be fine, nothing can harm you.
D-Class: Where's the [expletive] door. It was right here! Where is it! What are you doing to me?
Doctor: What do you mean? The door should be no more than a meter behind you.
D-class personnel can be heard breathing heavy and running.
D-Class: Don't lie to me [expletive] what did you do did you take away the door! Oh Christ what is that!
Doctor: what are you seeing?
D-Class: Th..there's something under the bed man! It's..no…no.. MOM! MOM! MOM!
<End Transcription>
At this point D-Class subject begins wailing incoherently for his mother and chemical levels spike to unsafe levels. SCP-XXX-1's darkness also expands beyond the range of it's containment area triggering a breach. Testing is ended and MTF Pi - 472 engages and contains the breach. D-Class subject was found dead upon containment and autopsy reveals that their heart suffered catastrophic failure. SCP-XXX-1 apologized, stating "I didn't want the monsters to get him!"
Addendum: Due to the Test XXX5.1 and subsequent unauthorized tests by Dr.[redacted] all testing on SCP-XXX-1 is prohibited without the express permission of Site Director Tru the current Site Director.
Hard Drive Data Pull Due to Incident: XXX-601
Experiment 1: 5ml Cetirizine Hydrochloride
Result: No Effect
Notes: Perhaps upping the dosage would help.
Experiment 4: 15ml Fexofenadine
Result: No Effect
Notes:Standard medicines have no effect on the boy, not surprising. I have reached out to my superiors for requests to utilize other methods in an effort to heal the child but I will continue to conduct experiments as long as Oliver is willing.
I understand that reason why my request was denied but he is just a boy. His name is Oliver. He isn't like the other children. He's not like SCP-[redacted] or the results of SCP-[redacted]; he's a child. I know that our job is to secure, contain, and protect. I know that if these Light bulbs fail he could cause a lot of harm but he is just a kid. I've put in a request to the O5 council, I'll go talk to them myself if I have to.
Experiment 10: SCP-[redacted]
Result: No effect
Note: Oliver giggled but SCP-[redacted] was unable to interact with him. I had hoped it might provide some insight but the kit is useless.
Experiment 15: SCP-[redacted]
Result: Minor Improvement, Regressed in Hours
Note: I gave Oliver one dose of SCP-[redacted] and for a brief moment his skin lightened. He said he enjoyed the sound of the ocean. Touching him produced no adrenal spikes and I was able to safely show him my office. Unfortunately, he regressed within 3 hours. I will not subject him to further doses.
The O5 council rejected my request and warned me that they knew I had conducted experiments with other SCP's already. I was reprimanded and encouraged to continue down approved paths in an effort to cure SCP-XXX-1. I demanded they call him what he is, a boy, an innocent child, but they refused. My ancestor tried and failed to cure this boy but I won't. We only have 5 bulbs left. I have to find a cure.
Experiment 30: SCP-[redacted]
Results: None
Notes: SCP-[redacted] expressed sorrow over Oliver's condition but stated he could not offer help. My fellow doctors are useless. I need to seek out other means while I continue to test potential cures on Oliver.
Thank you. To answer your other question. Yes, I am willing to risk whatever it takes to cure Oliver. The Foundation seeks only to contain him and doesn't seem to care that he can never interact with anyone again. They don't seem to care that everyone he's ever known is dead. All they care about is containing the anomaly. I see now they don't care about the boy.
I have made preparations and will meet you at [redacted].
Addendum: SCP-XXX and SCP-XXX-1 have been moved to Site-34 after a failed extradition attempt by former Site Director Tru. At this time there are 2 bulbs left and Current Site Director [redacted] encourages all Researchers to balance their time between a continued effort, along Foundation lines, to cure SCP-XXX-1 and find a means to neutralize it should a Site breach occur. Any attempts to contact Jenna Tru will result in immediate disciplinary action.
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