Item #: SCP-XXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXX is currently occupied by Dr. ██████, who has established a false identity as an technical writer. A tall wall has been erected around the backyard, and all anomalous windows visible from the front of the house have been fitted with shutters. For security, several agents have moved in under the guise of lodgers.
Description: SCP-XXX is a two-story house in ██████, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1958, and has been owned by several families, most of whom reported no unusual activity.
The anomalous properties of SCP-XXX manifest on various windows of the house. Regardless of relative humidity, a layer of condensation is continuously formed on the windowpanes. The source of this moisture is as yet unknown.
An entity (hereby referred to as SCP-XXX-1) communicates by writing in the condensation, as though it were running an appendage along the surface of the window. No biological traces have been discovered on the windows that can be attributed to SCP-XXX-1.
SCP-XXX-1 is apparently an inhabitant of another world, calling itself Beauremont. It claims not to be human, and is actively hostile to humanity. It believes the Foundation to be operated by similar entities. Please see Interview Logs SCP-XXX-1-3 to SCP-XXX-1-14.
The most recent owner, John Wertham, complained about ghosts, prompting investigation by civil authorities, and eventually Foundation agents. Following the investigation, the house was purchased through a front organization, and Mr. Wertham's memories altered.
Interview Log SCP-XXX-1-3
SCP-XXX-1: "CARBON-BASED MONKEYS GO HOME"
Dr. ██████: "Hello."
SCP-XXX-1: There is a pause. "IS SOMEONE THERE?"
Dr. ██████: "My name is Dr. ██████."
SCP-XXX-1: "NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M BEAUREMONT."
Dr. ██████: "Where are you?"
SCP-XXX-1: "IN MY LIVING ROOM. WHERE ARE YOU?"
Dr. ██████: "In another living room."
SCP-XXX-1: "THIS IS NEAT. HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS?"
Dr. ██████: "I don't know. I thought you were doing it."
SCP-XXX-1: "IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE INTELLIGENT TO TALK TO." An oval with five dots and a curved line appears. Two dots were below the line, one above it, and two on the left. It is assessed that this is SCP-XXX-1's version of a "smiley face."
Dr. ██████: "Is there no one else there?"
SCP-XXX-1: "AH, MOSTLY JUST A BUNCH OF GAMETES AND CARBON-LOVERS. CAN'T HARDLY STAND ANY OF THAT POLITICALLY CORRECT CRAP."
Dr. ██████: "Gametes?"
SCP-XXX-1: "YEAH, YOU KNOW, HUMANS. DON'T YOU HAVE THEM THERE?"
Dr. ██████: Pauses for a moment, and then answers, "No. Tell me about humans."
SCP-XXX-1: "OH, THEY'RE THE WORST. I MEAN, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M NOT RACIST OR ANYTHING. SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE HUMAN. BUT IF THEY'RE AS GOOD AS US, WHY DO THEY NEED SKIN? AM I RIGHT?"
Dr. ██████: "I suppose so. Say, what do you look like?"
SCP-XXX-1: "OH, PRETTY AVERAGE. SEVEN TENDRILS TALL. BROWN CARAPACE. GREEN BIOLUMINESCENCE. BLUE EYES. YOU?"
Dr. ██████: "Same."
Interview Log SCP-XXX-1-6
SCP-XXX-1: "DOC, YOU THERE?"
Dr. ██████: "I am now. How are you, Beauremont?"
SCP-XXX-1: "I'VE BEEN BETTER. LOST A PROMOTION TO A GODDAMNED PRIMATE."
Dr. ██████: "I'm sorry to hear that."
SCP-XXX-1: "IT'S OKAY. IT JUST HURTS. I KNOW I'M BETTER THAN ANY AIR-SUCKING SACK OF PROTOPLASM. I WORK HARD, YOU KNOW?"
Dr. ██████: "I know."
SCP-XXX-1: "THEY COME IN, THEY TAKE OUR JOBS… I TELL YOU, DOC, ONE OF THESE DAYS THEY'RE GOING TO PUSH US TOO FAR. NOT THAT I'M SAYING WE SHOULD GET VIOLENT, BUT THAT'S THE NATURAL RESULT IF THINGS KEEP GOING THIS WAY."
Dr. ██████: "I hope it doesn't come to that."
SCP-XXX-1: "OH, SURE, NO ONE DOES. I MEAN, THEY CAN'T HELP BEING WHAT THEY ARE. BUT THEY KEEP COMING IN. I MEAN, I DON'T MIND HAVING A FEW AS NEIGHBORS, SO LONG AS THEY MIND THEMSELVES, BUT WOULD YOU WANT YOUR SPAWNSIB TO MARRY ONE?
Dr. ██████: "I suppose not."
Interview Log SCP-XXX-1-13
SCP-XXX-1: "DOC, YOU THERE?"
Agent █████: "He's out. I'm watching his house for him."
SCP-XXX-1: "WHO ARE YOU?"
Agent █████: "My name's John Doe. I am a human."
SCP-XXX-1: "OH. I DIDN'T KNOW DOC KNEW ANY HUMANS."
Agent █████: "Is that a problem?"
SCP-XXX-1: "NO, NO, NO. IT'S ABOUT TIME DOC GOT SOME HUMAN FRIENDS. GREAT TO SEE THAT HE'S MEETING NEW PEOPLE."
Agent █████: "Glad to hear that."
SCP-XXX-1: "VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE, THAT'S MY MOTTO. HOW ARE YOU? IS YOUR SKIN NICE AND FLEXIBLE? INSIDES FULL OF FLUIDS?"
Agent █████: "Everything is satisfactory, thank you. I've got to go."
SCP-XXX-1: "YOU TAKE CARE, JOHN DOE!"
Interview Log SCP-XXX-1-14
SCP-XXX-1: "DOC! DOC! ARE YOU THERE?"
Dr. ██████: "I'm here, Beauremont."
SCP-XXX-1: "DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A HUMAN IN YOUR HOUSE?"
Dr. ██████: "Yes, he moved here recently."
SCP-XXX-1: "WELL, I HAD SOME WORDS WITH HIM. HE WAS A BIT LIPPY, BUT I PUT THAT GAMETE IN HIS PLACE."
Dr. ██████: "I see. He didn't give you too much trouble, did he?"
SCP-XXX-1: "NOTHING I CAN'T HANDLE. YOU GOT TO KNOW HOW TO TALK TO THEM, IS ALL. LET THEM KNOW WHO'S BOSS. THAT'S THE TICKET."
Dr. ██████: "I'll keep that in mind.
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Item #: SCP-769
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-769 must be kept inside a secure, waterproof vault whenever it is not in use. No fluid is to come in contact with the bowl outside of approved experiment protocols.
Description: SCP-769 is a ceramic cup ten centimeters tall and twelve centimeters across. It has a golden glaze, and is largely covered with salt residue and other detritus from long periods of immersion and burial. A pattern is carved into its rim; however, the pattern is obscured by the residue. Further attempts to remove the residue have been discontinued (See Addendum 769-5).
SCP-769 is an artifact of the █████████ civilization that existed ████ years ago in modern-day ██████. Water drunk from the cup alters the memories of those who drink it.
When a subject drinks from the cup (or water that has been poured from the cup), new information is written directly into the subject's brain. However, the subject loses previous memories, much like a computer's storage being overwritten. All water from the bowl must be drunk, or else the subject gains fragmented, unreliable information (See Test Log).
The information given includes cultural, technological, and military knowledge from the █████████ civilization. It appears that it was intended to function as a repository of the culture's knowledge. When the object was first obtained by the Foundation, the subject could obtain specific information by concentrating on the subject while drinking from the cup. Memory loss appeared to be limited to academic subjects or cultural knowledge (or knowledge gained from previous uses of SCP-769). However, at this time, the information given and overwritten is random. (See Addendum 769-5).
Full debriefing of the subjects typically takes one week. However, it can be longer, depending on the information gained.
Subject 32 has been useful in translating information, and has therefore been removed from the regular termination schedule, until such a time as she can teach the language to others.
Addendum 769-1: The results from Subject 1 have raised this SCP from a mild curiosity to a priority. Recreating the power source for that engine would prove invaluable to the Foundation.
Addendum 769-5: A Foundation materials restoration specialist removed much of the residue from SCP-769. However, following the cleaning, subject 1 was no longer able to gain specific information. Nor were several other subjects brought in to replace the original subject. As well, memory loss became less predictable and more severe. See Test Log for more details.
Addendum 769-34: Reports will move from a weekly to a monthly basis.
Addendum 769-49: Future reports to the Administrator will no longer contain a listing of all findings. Only those of strategic importance will be passed on.
Addendum 769-5: Reports will move from a monthly to a bi-monthly basis.
Addendum 769-6: Due to stronger demand in other areas, resources for this project are being cut by 80 percent.
Addendum 769-7: Reports will move from a bi-monthly to a semi-annual basis.
Addendum 769-8: After ten years, several hundred test subjects, and nothing to show for it but a handful of fascinating but ultimately useless technical schematics, results from SCP-769 have begun to repeat themselves. Perhaps the encyclopedia is damaged, and has lost other information, as well as any indexing system. Perhaps this was all that was ever on it. In any event, it is now advised that the project be shelved until such a time as the information can be more efficiently catalogued.
Item #: SCP-XXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Members of SCP-XXX will be kept in a hermetically sealed blast chamber at all times. The atmosphere inside the chamber must be moisture free at all times.
Description: The only known sample of SCP-XXX to date was discovered in a salt mine in █████████, Poland, after a series of cave-ins claimed the lives of over forty workers. SCP-XXX was found in one of the newer mineshafts, having built a nest out of [REDACTED]. A foreman brought one specimen from the hole, after which he showed his "metal beetle" to others in the facility. One worker poured vodka over the beetle, at which point it exploded with tremendous force. Agents from the Foundation arrived shortly thereafter and secured the entire nest.
SCP-XXX has six segmented legs and a shellcasing that gives it a beetle-like appearance. However, its structure is largely composed of metallic sodium, covered by a thin layer of a transparent, waxy substance it naturally excretes. When this substance is scraped away, the surface turns from a silvery-white to a dull grey, and exposure to water causes it to explode. For this reason, it is necessary to treat SCP-XXX gently when handling it.
In behavior, SCP-XXX is similar to true insects, though it shares more in common with social insects like ants or wasps than with beetles. The interior of the nest has a larger specimen that births other members of the colony, though this process is not yet well understood. If it is replaced, another grows. If two queens are placed in proximity, one will submit to be eaten by the other; typically the younger queen. Other members of the colony gather food in the form of salt, bringing it back inside for juvenile members and the queen.
The digestive processes of SCP-XXX are not well understood at this time. They take in an amount of sodium-chlorine and release quantities of chlorine gas. They will also eat other minerals and substances, even eating organic material if it's dried out sufficiently.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be held in a standard humanoid restraining cell. It is allowed (1) set of medical encylopedias. No decoration is allowed in the cell outside of scheduled testing. Food is to be provided twice a day (containing no onion, garlic, or dairy products). Subject is to be referred to only as "Subject" or "SCP-XXXX." It is allowed to wear a black cloth mask outside of scheduled testing. Any deviance from these procedures will agitate the subject.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a male human of average height. It is light skinned, and has dark hair. Its face is outwardly normal, however it prefers to wear a black cloth mask, growing agitated when people see its face. It avoids all eye contact when the mask is removed, similar to suffers of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
SCP-XXXX claims that all normal humans suffer from a disease it calls "Beltran's Disease." It is unspecific as to the effects of this disease. When confronted with a normal human, SCP-XXXX attempts to "treat" the "patient." It claims that all humans suffer from a plague, and endeavors to cure it. It does so by drawing blood from certain areas of the body and administering a tonic of its own devising. Shortly after, subjects become withdrawn and markedly less energetic. The most notable effect, however, is with those who encounter examples of SCP-XXXX's work are unable to feel any empathy for the subjects.
Attempts to duplicate SCP-XXXX's work have been unsuccessful. It is unknown whether or not the "treatment" is in fact necessary for the effect, or if it is only a placebo covering up the actual mechanism.
SCP-XXXX claims that the mask protects it from "Beltran's Disease." It claims to be a doctor, and to have graduated at the University of Oxford. However, it refuses to give its name, insisting it has none. The Foundation has not been able to correlate SCP-XXXX to any graduate of Oxford. Nor are its fingerprints found in Foundation databases.
Sodium hydroxide, turpentine, diallyl disulfide, 1-propenesulfenic acid, and caseins. SCP-XXXX uses varying amounts, supposedly to tailor each tonic to each patient. Once mixed, the resulting compound is boiled, allowed to cool, and given to the subject orally.
Date: ██/██/████
Test Subject: D-████, a 30-year-old Hispanic male
Result: D-████ became withdrawn. When returned to Class D holding, it was excluded from social groups it had formerly been part of. Other Class D personnel grew agitated by its presence. It was beaten to death by several members two weeks after returning, before guards could intervene.
Date: ██/██/████
Test Subject: D-████, a 24-year-old African-American female
Result: D-████ showed characteristic withdrawal. It was then transferred to isolation. No further effects have been noted. UPDate: D-████ was terminated after one year.
Date: ██/██/████
Test Subject: D-████, a 43-year-old African-American male
Result: D-████ showed characteristic withdrawal. It was held in a protected cell, however it was allowed to interact with other Class D at certain times of day. Over the course of three months, it interacted with several rotations of class D personnel. It gradually became less withdrawn, and by the end of the experiment, others responded normally to D-████. It is currently being held for further observation.
Date: ██/██/████
Test Subject: The male infant of D-████, a Caucasian female, born in Foundation captivity.
Result: D-████ grew less interested in caring for the subject. Several days later, her body stopped producing milk as prolactin levels became greatly reduced. She was provided formula. However, within a week, she ceased any care for the subject. The subject soon expired from starvation.
Doctor ███████: SCP-XXXX, how are you feeling today?
SCP-XXXX: Why do you care?
Doctor ███████: I was just being polite.
SCP-XXXX: It's unnecessary.
Doctor ███████: Well, anyway, we were wondering if you could share some more information on Beltran's disease.
SCP-XXXX: I can't tell you about it.
Doctor ███████: Why not?
SCP-XXXX: Can you tell a fish about water?
Doctor ███████: I don't understand.
SCP-XXXX: The only way I could make you understand is if you'd let me treat you. It's quite painless, I promise.
Doctor ███████: You know I can't let you do that.
SCP-XXXX: That's an effect of the medications you're not taking. You're like a cancer patient grown too fond of its tumor.
Doctor ███████: When did you first learn about Beltran's disease?
SCP-XXXX: Does it matter? Fine. I realized I was suffering from a malady. I couldn't diagnose myself, so I tried assorted treatments, looking for something to fix what was clearly wrong with me. When I did, I realized what it was. And everyone suffers from it. Everyone except me, and those I've treated. And re-exposure is always a danger, which is why it's so important to cure as many as possible.
Doctor ███████: We're still… trying to understand the disease. However, if you'd like to treat more patients, we have a suggestion.
SCP-XXXX: Yes?
Doctor ███████: We run a number of… tests, which require human subjects. Those who've undergone your procedure are considered more… fit, due to the lack of—
SCP-XXXX: Human— Human! No! I refuse!
Doctor ███████: You don't wish us to experiment on your subjects?
SCP-XXXX: They are not— I have cured them! Don't you understand? They no longer suffer from the human condition!