SCP-XXXX
Classification: Euclid Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a room measuring 15 m x 15 m x 15 m and kept on display beneath a glass case unless being tested or interrogated. This room is to be kept under surveillance and guarded by no less than 2 personnel at all times. Any individual who attempts to enter the room without a protective airtight suit will be detained, brought to O5-██ for questioning, and, in the event that they cannot provide an acceptable explanation for their actions, the individual in question will be [REDACTED]. If SCP-XXXX should change in coloration to a pigment other than gray or red or detach itself from SCP-XXXX-1, personnel on guard should contact Dr. Swartz immediately.
Special Containment Procedure Update: Following Incident 236-F, all testing and attempts to communicate with SCP-XXXX were halted. SCP-XXXX's pigmentation remained red for several weeks. On ██/██/████, 25 days after the incident, SCP-XXXX abruptly shifted a previously undocumented bluish hue. Dr. Swartz's replacement, Dr. ██████, was notified. After some discussion, Dr. ██████ elected not to resume communication efforts. Five days later, at approximately 09:57, SCP-XXXX turned black. Dr. ██████ was once again notified, and a scan of SCP-XXXX's display case revealed that all signs of life had ceased to function. After a period of approximately 12 hours, SCP-XXXX began to decompose rapidly, despite its airtight container. Twenty-four hours after its sudden pigmentation change, SCP-XXXX's remains had completely vanished, and its classification was shifted to Neutralized. SCP-XXXX-1 remains under the custody of the Foundation, although it has displayed no anomalous properties since SCP-XXXX's murder neutralization. Dr. ██████’s conduct during this incident was under investigation by [REDACTED]. However, before the investigation could reach a satisfactory conclusion, Dr. ██████ suffered a fatal heart attack during a disciplinary hearing. Following this series of events, the Foundation considers this case closed, and any attempt to access files related to SCP-XXXX by personnel lower than Level 3 is expressly prohibited.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a small, moss-like entity that was found in ████, Ukraine following a meteor shower. It was found attached to SCP-XXXX-1, a meteorite of an unknown substance weighing 76 kilograms and measuring approximately 6 m x 2 m x 1 m, and surrounded by three heavily mutated, vaguely humanoid figures, all recently deceased. The Ukraine branch of the Foundation was notified by local police after reports of a "cursed asteroid". Its retrieval resulted in several casualties due to the nature of its abilities.
SCP-XXXX has the ability to alter any biological organism's genetic structure. When a subject comes into contact with SCP-XXXX, its DNA will be altered dramatically. This severe change will often always result in the subject's death, although on one occasion the subject retained vital signs (See Incident 236-F). Once this process is complete, SCP-XXXX will attach itself to the subject's corpse.
SCP-XXXX is usually bonded to SCP-XXXX-1. Rigorous Foundation tests revealed that no known process could separate the two, and furthermore, that SCP-XXXX is unaffected by any attempts to harm it while attached to SCP-XXXX-1, and vice versa. If SCP-XXXX comes into contact with any object exceeding its surface area, it will detach from SCP-XXXX-1 and attach itself to that object. While attached to that object, SCP-XXXX retains its indestructibility. However, the object it is bonded to can be affected, damaged, and destroyed.
SCP-XXXX's pigmentation changes intermittently. When it is bonded to an inanimate object, its coloration is red. When it comes into contact with a biological organism, it changes color to gray for a brief period of time. Once the organism is deceased, however, SCP-XXXX returns to its usual pigmentation. Changes in pigmentation to blue and black were recorded following Incident 236-F. The significance of these changes in coloration is unknown.
Prior to his death, Dr. Swartz theorized that SCP-XXXX was a sentient, extraterrestrial being, and its effects on biological organisms were simply failed attempts to communicate. Primarily using small hamsters obtained from [REDACTED] Pets Company as test subjects, Dr. Swartz claimed to have established a language key and attempted to interview SCP-XXXX shortly before Incident 236-F. Dr. Swartz's findings have since been discredited and should not be considered scientific or conclusive.
SCP-XXXX is definitive proof that sentient life exists outside of Earth.
Interviewed: SCP-XXXX
Interviewee: Dr. Ian Swartz
Foreword: Due to its unique methods of communication, SCP-XXXX cannot be interviewed through normal means, although Dr. Swartz believes that it can understand human speech. To converse with SCP-XXXX, following the development of his so-called language key, Dr. Swartz would ask SCP-XXXX a question, provide it with a subject with which to answer, and subsequently transport the subject's remains to his laboratory for him to "decode". Due to the length of the process, Dr. Swartz's refusal to share his language key with others, and the aftermath of Incident 236-F, this process was only ever attempted once. The following is a transcript of that interview.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Swartz: (via microphone from surveillance room) Hello, SCP-XXXX. Can you understand me? I'd like to ask you a series of questions about what you are and where you came from.
(A hamster is released into SCP-XXXX's display case. It brushes against SCP-XXXX and mutates. After about an hour and a half, SCP-XXXX re-attaches itself to SCP-XXXX-1. Dr. Swartz enters the room, clad in his protective suit, picks up the mutated hamster corpse, careful not to make contact with SCP-XXXX, carries it to his lab, and examines its genetic structure, recording SCP-XXXX's response as shown below.)
SCP-XXXX: AFFIRMATIVE. HELLO DOCTOR IAN SWARTZ. I UNDERSTAND YOU. HOWEVER. PROBLEM DETECTED: I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE PROPERLY WORKING (untranslatable). COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY WILL BE DECREASED. CAN FOUNDATION PROVIDE ME WITH (untranslatable)?
Dr. Swartz: (aside, to Jr. Researcher Hamm) There it is again, that goddamn mystery word. (to SCP-XXXX) I'm afraid not. However, I would like to ask you about… that word. The first three… messages you sent also mentioned it. However, despite our best efforts, we've been unable to match it to a corresponding English word or phrase. Can you tell us more about it?
SCP-XXXX: (indicating surprise) FOUNDATION HAS NOT ENCOUNTERED (untranslatable)? I WOULD HAVE IMAGINED BY NOW CONTACT WOULD HAVE BEEN (Note: This fragment left incomplete and immediately followed by next sentence. Dr. Swartz theorizes that SCP-XXXX essentially interrupted itself here.) NO MATTER. CONTACT IRRELEVANT TO MESSAGE.
Dr. Swartz: Message? What message?
SCP-XXXX: CELEBRATION/ANNOUNCEMENT/WARNING. (Note: According to Dr. Swartz, the three words listed here are all represented by the same genetic mutation.)
Dr. Swartz: Could you be a bit more specific? What is the message?
(At this point, SCP-XXXX becomes more cryptic and hard to understand. Dr. Swartz's best estimates of what it is saying are recorded below.)
SCP-XXXX: (untranslatable) TOLD ME … FIGHT FOR THE SKY? OR … NOTHING ELSE AND WE … LOST (untranslatable). MUST BE FOUND FOR FULL COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY.
Dr. Swartz: (to Jr. Researcher Hamm) That's the best I can make of it. The folks upstairs will be pleased, I'm sure. (to SCP-XXXX) SCP-XXXX, how important is this message?
SCP-XXXX: VERY. CONCERNS KETER-CLASS THREAT TO YOUR WORLD.
Dr. Swartz: (faintly) When did it learn…? (more forcefully) SCP-XXXX, it is vitally important that you tell us this message as simply and coherently as you can. Can you do that?
SCP-XXXX: IT IS COMING.
Dr. Swartz: It? SCP-XXXX, what is "it"?
(SCP-XXXX fails to bond with test subject at this point, despite repeated contact.)
Dr. Swartz: (sighing) And I think we're done here. (to Jr. Researcher Hamm) John, can you help me-
(SCP-XXXX bonds with subject. Incident 236-F commences. Interview terminated.)
<End Log>