Item #: SCP-1XXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1XXX is to be kept in an entirely opaque 1x1x.5m enclosure. The object is to be left on and continually monitored via closed-circuit television. Any change in behavior or location of SCP-1XXX-1 must be immediately reported to the Site Director. Under no circumstances are any personnel to directly view SCP-1XXX while it is on.
Description: SCP-1XXX is a closed-circuit television monitor, similar to a line manufactured by the █████ corporation between 1983 and 1988. Any identifying information has been filed off. The power cord has been removed and its hole sealed over with a small riveted steel plate. Despite this, SCP-1XXX is capable of functioning.
SCP-1XXX-1 is an entity viewable through SCP-1XXX. It appears to be a humanoid female with elongated and emaciated features, sunken eyes, and long fingernails. Its age cannot be determined, and its height only estimated between 2 and 2.5 meters.
Though SCP-1XXX can be turned on, it cannot be tuned and shows one of four (possibly three) scenes. Each features SCP-1XXX-1 prominently.
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A featureless containment cell. Approximate dimensions are 2x3x2m. Contains a bed, partially obscured from view, and a toilet. A door is visible on the wall opposite the camera. |
SCP-1XXX-1 has been observed: sleeping; using the toilet; pacing; sitting on the bed and staring straight ahead, or less occasionally directly at the camera. SCP-1XXX-1 will sometimes address the camera. Other figures have been seen entering the room, typically in force, before the feed cuts to static and location changes. Hermes-8 class events occur only in this location. |
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A room with a tiled floor and an electric chair. The boundaries of the room extend beyond what the camera is capable of showing. The door is visible in the upper left. Viewpoint is focused on the electric chair. |
SCP-1XXX-1 is secured to the electric chair, which is turned on when the feed shows the room. SCP-1XXX-1 screams in pain and emits smoke. Sessions generally last for 30 minutes, but will sometimes be interrupted when an unidentifiable figure enters through the door. Interruptions result in the feed cutting to static and the location changing back to Room 1XXX-A. After Room 1XXX-B sessions, SCP-1XXX-1 shows markings consistent with electrical burns, that heal over the next 2 hours. |
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A room with a tiled floor and an operating table. Above the table is a device which releases a substance, thought to be corrosive, in a slow drip (one drop every 6 seconds). Room 1XXX-C appears to be narrower than Room 1XXX-B, but its boundaries still exceed the camera's view. Focal point is the operating |
SCP-1XXX-1 is secured to the operating table via metal restraints. SCP-1XXX-1 strains against bonds and screams in pain as corrosive drip causes holes to appear in its skin. Exact positioning varies by sessions but is always above the upper body or head. Holes begin healing immediately. These sessions last for between 5 and 15 minutes before feed cuts to static and location returns to Room 1XXX-A. SCP-1XXX-1 is always fully healed upon returning to Room 1XXX-A. |
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Aside from lack of drip apparatus, Room 1XXX-D is identical to Room 1XXX-C. It is possible that they are the same room, with equipment changes. |
SCP-1XXX-1 is secured to the operating table via metal restraints. Four jets of flame appear at regular intervals (between once twenty seconds to once every three minutes; the precise timing varies per session), positioned so that their sources are not in view. Fire chars the skin of SCP-1XXX-1, who thrashes against restraints and screams. Sessions last for 30 minutes before feed cuts to static and location returns to Room 1XXX-A. Burns heal over the course of the next five hours. |
A subject having viewed SCP-1XXX-1 for at least one minute in any of these locations will begin to experience its anomalous effects, which progress in four stages if an individual subject continues to view SCP-1XXX-1.
Stage 1 (1-30 minutes): Subject will begin seeing SCP-1XXX-1 appear in their dreams. Of the four stages, this is the only one that is reversible. Images of SCP-1XXX-1 will fade after approximately four months without further viewing.
Stage 2 (31-60 minutes): Subject will see SCP-1XXX-1 upon closing their eyes. Subjects also report seeing SCP-1XXX-1's face in place of faces they attempt to imagine.
Stage 3 (61 minutes-24 hours): Subject begins seeing SCP-1XXX-1's face superimposed over the faces of actual individuals. Frequency of occurrence increases with time spent viewing SCP-1XXX-1. At the 23 hour mark, subjects see SCP-1XXX-1 instead of any other human, and typically react with fear to anyone attempting to approach them.
Stage 4 (beyond 24 hours exposure): See Incident Log Hermes Alpha-01.
As subjects progress through the stages, SCP-1XXX-1 will begin to take notice of when they are viewing SCP-1XXX. Location shown on SCP-1XXX tends not to vary from Room 1XXX-A during this time. SCP-1XXX-1 has been observed addressing subjects by name, revealing personal details, and taunting subjects when they have been away from SCP-1XXX for too long. The level of intrusion upon a subject's person is related to how long they have spent viewing SCP-1XXX-1.
SCP involved: SCP-1XXX-1
Personnel Involved: D-1XXX-05, who had been forced to view SCP-1XXX nonstop for 25 hours.
Date: ██/█/████
Location: Site-███
Description: D-1XXX-05 was brought in for an interview 12 hours after the viewing session terminated. Interviewer was Dr. ██.
<Begin Interview Log>
Dr. ██: D-1XXX-05, you don't seem well.
D-1XXX-05: Of course I'm not fucking well! You held my eyelids open for a day and made me watch that… Shit… And then I couldn't sleep.
Dr. ██: D-1XXX-05, you don't seem interested in looking at me.
D-1XXX-05: That thing is everywhere! I close my eyes, I see her face. I sleep, she's in my dreams. I look at people… I know you ain't her, Doc, but the less time I spend looking at you, the less I have to see her.
Dr. ██: You are bothered by SCP-1XXX-1, then, is that the case?
D-1XXX-05: Yes! Goddammit, sometimes even when I'm looking at nothing I see her out the corner of my eye. I started watching that stupid little TV and kind of felt sorry for her. I mean, she's fuckin' creepy as all hell, but nothing deserves to be tortured like that, right? But now…
D-1XXX-05 coughs up foam.
Dr. ██: D-1XXX-05, are you all right?
D-1XXX-05 begins to convulse, and falls out of his chair.
Dr. ██: Get a medical team in here!
<End Interview Log>
As the door to the interview room was opened to allow the medical team access, D-1XXX-05 arose and killed Dr. ██, the medical responders and both security guards present in the room. Footage later showed that D-1XXX-05's features had become elongated and pallid, and that the subject resembled SCP-1XXX-1. Subject was noted to move with remarkable alacrity, and was capable of breaching a high-security storage locker with his bare hands. Subject was terminated via small arms fire after penetrating one level into Site-██, where SCP-1XXX is kept.
It was later noted that, at the time of D-1XXX-05's seizure, the feed on SCP-1XXX showed Room 1XXX-A without SCP-1XXX-1 present, the first time this circumstance has ever been observed. The feed cut to static for the duration of Incident Hermes Alpha-01. Upon D-1XXX-05's termination, SCP-1XXX resumed broadcast from Room 1XXX-B, with SCP-1XXX-1 shown being wheeled in via restraining platform — the first time SCP-1XXX-1's mode of travel between rooms has ever been observed — strapped to the electric chair, and tortured for 45 minutes. At the 25 minute mark, SCP-1XXX-1 began to divulge details of the layout of Site-██, though multiple applications of the electric chair were observed before full details were divulged. Later analysis showed that the precise details matched those that would have been seen by D-1XXX-05 during Incident Hermes Alpha-01, along with other details that matched areas D-class in Site-██ have regular access to.
This event was designated a Hermes-8 class security breach and testing of SCP-1XXX was immediately and indefinitely suspended, with new containment protocols put in place within 24 hours. Site-██ is considered breached and is under full security lockdown until further notice.
It is theorized that SCP-1XXX was allowed to come into the Foundation's possession at the will of a third party attempting to infiltrate the Foundation. Determining the identity and nature of this party has been given top priority by O5 Council.
Item #: SCP-1XXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1XXX is to be held in a chamber measuring 10 x 10 x 8 meters. The environment is to be kept between 25 and 30 degrees Celsius, with 70% humidity. Plants taken from the habitat where SCP-1XXX was recovered are to be grown in the chamber. A recirculating water feature, simulating a stream, is to be stocked with fish via underground conduits. A weekly ration of 10 kg of red meat is to be provided as a means of keeping SCP-1XXX docile, and is to be revoked in response to unwanted behavior, for a period of time to be determined by the research overseer.
Personnel entering the containment chamber must travel in groups of at least three and be armed with standard-issue stun weapons. While within the chamber, personnel must blink once per second. It is recommended that one member of the team possess a metronome or other device for keeping time, so that visual contact may be maintained with minimal interruption.
Description: SCP-1XXX is a 2.8 meter tall creature that vaguely resembles members of the Bufonidae family. Deviations apart from size include shortened hind legs unsuitable for jumping, disproportionately large teeth, a lack of extendable tongue, and forward-set eyes. Furthermore, SCP-1XXX is only visible as an afterimage and cannot be seen by the unaided eye. This phenomenon does not effect photography, nor does it effect video recording unless SCP-1XXX knows it is being watched, suggesting that the effect is psychic in nature.
SCP-1XXX possesses rudimentary intelligence. While it seems to understand speech, it is incapable of producing more than guttural noises to communicate.
SCP-1XXX came to the Foundation's attention after the Louisiana National Park Service reported unexplained casualties while tracking the source of fish depopulation in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in █████████ Parish, Louisiana. SCP-1XXX's movements through habitats were traceable via the depleted fish stocks in surrounding wetlands.
Though it possesses a significant evolutionary advantage, SCP-1XXX's physiology is poorly suited to hunting larger, smarter, or faster prey. It is thus my opinion that the creature had been subsisting on fish because they do not blink. This also explains its aversion to fish and preference for red meat. Along with its extreme narcissism, especially directed toward its invisibility, SCP-1XXX's flaws allow it to be easily manipulated, and should be exploited for means of keeping it contained and docile. -Dr. J████ Adams
Interviewed: SCP-1XXX
Interviewer: Dr. Adams
Foreword: Though previous interviews with SCP-1XXX had proven fruitless, Dr. Adams confronted SCP-1XXX after it attacked and consumed most of a D-class sent to clean its containment chamber. Note that prior to this incident, SCP-1XXX had been fed regular amounts of red meat and containment procedures for personnel entering the chamber had not been fully codified.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Adams You! Are you listening to me?
SCP-1XXX Huhhhh?
Dr. Adams I want to know why you ate that man. He was just helping take care of you!
SCP-1XXX [low chuckling] Huh huh huh huh…
Dr. Adams Oh, you think it's funny? You think you're so clever because of your stupid half-assed invisibility that doesn't even work?
SCP-1XXX continues laughing
Dr. Adams Bad! That is a bad frog monster! We do not eat people!
SCP-1XXX ceases laughter.
Dr. Adams You're not going to think it's so funny when we cut your meat rations!
SCP-1XXX begins to whimper. Guards with Dr. Adams draw weapons as SCP-1XXX crawls toward them in a manner later described as "supplicating".
Dr. Adams That's right! You can spend the next month eating nothing but fish and thinking about what you've done!
SCP-1XXX continues to whimper. When Dr. Adams does not respond, it crawls back into the foliage and all three personnel exit the containment chamber.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Dr. Adams was later debriefed on her choice of interaction with SCP-1XXX, stating, "I don't know what came over me. It thinks it's so clever when it's nothing but an evolutionary reject. It's irritating. It reminds me of my kids sometimes." A reprimand for deviation from protocol was rescinded in favor of a commendation for improvements to SCP-1XXX's containment procedures.
Item #: SCP-1XXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1XXX is to be held in a 2 x 2 x 2m containment chamber in a low-traffic area of Site-██, with a 10-meter perimeter clearly demarcated. SCP-1XXX is to be monitored via closed-circuit television at all times, and any movement is to be immediately reported to the Site Director. Testing should be conducted only via small teams, and preferably by D-class personnel being guided by researchers outside the 10 meter radius.
Description: SCP-1XXX is a blue-skinned humanoid, height estimated at 2.5 meters, bearing vaguely amphibian features: smooth, hairless skin, minimal nares, lipless mouth, and so forth. SCP-1XXX has four digits on its hand, and three on its feet. SCP-1XXX possesses a tail, one meter long. Its only covering is a pair of pants. Testing has revealed them to be made of burlap.
SCP-1XXX has, since recovery, remained sitting with its legs crossed in a lotus position and hands on its knees, staring straight ahead. During this time, SCP-1XXX has not moved voluntarily nor blinked (see attached Incident Log).
It has not been possible to manually change SCP-1XXX's sitting position, or to remove its hands from its knees, and SCP-1XXX does not react to stimuli of any sort. Study of the subject has been limited due to its skin being unpuncturable. X-rays have shown it to have internal systems similar to those of a human, but EEGs have been unable to detect brain activity. Despite this, SCP-1XXX is considered sentient. SCP-1XXX respires once every 75 seconds (an increase of 2 seconds since time of recovery) and has a heart rate of 24 beats per minute (a decrease of 3 bpm since time of recovery).
Addendum 1XXX-01: Recovery of SCP-1XXX took place on ██/█/████ in the village of ████████████ in northeastern Bhutan. SCP-1XXX was found seated on a low dais surrounded by a semicircle of human corpses, arranged concentrically such that those in the outermost rings showed the least decomposition. (See Interview 1XXX-03.) Initial reports had led recovery teams to the conclusion that SCP-1XXX was a statue. This assumption was proven wrong when it jostled during relocation, and recovery procedures were quickly modified.
On █/██/████, a team of six researchers, led by Dr. ██████ and accompanied by one armed guard, were attempting to conduct tests on SCP-1XXX when Incident 1XXX-A occurred. Note that SCP-1XXX had initially been contained in a chamber measuring 4 x 4 x 3 meters, to facilitate testing.
Security footage shows that, at 10:45, SCP-1XXX's eyelids began to close. Security tapes then returned static for 1.5 seconds. Upon recovery of the visual feed, SCP-1XXX's eyes were open once again.
At this point, members of the research team were seen seated in the room in a position mirroring that of SCP-1XXX, with heads down and eyes closed. Also present in the room were one of the two guards stationed outside SCP-1XXX's chamber, a janitor, and a junior researcher who had been walking past the containment chamber at the time of the incident.
The only person in the room not to be affected, Junior Researcher T█████ L████, claimed to have been searching the floor for a dropped pen, and was facing away from SCP-1XXX at the time of the incident. It is now believed that this orientation is what spared him. Security footage corroborates his description of the event, in that he claims to have blinked and seen the researchers' positions changed.
Those affected have been found to be in a continuous meditative state. No attempt to wake subjects, including inflicting extreme injury, has succeeded. Subjects exhibit no voluntary motion and no attempt at self-preservation. An intravenous feeding drip administered to the highest-level researchers was terminated after ██ months of unresponsiveness, and subjects expired of dehydration within five days.
Interviewed: B█████████ D████, village elder of ████████████.
Interviewers: Agent R████, recovery team leader; A████ T██████, translator.
Foreword: A████ T██████, a native speaker of Dzala fluent in English, provided translation during the interview. Translations have been omitted from the interview log.
<Begin Log>
Mr. D████: You have come to take our guru?
Agent R████: Yes, and I recommend you let us.
Mr. D████: We do not wish to stand against you.
Agent R████: Why not?
Mr. D████: It is the nature of all things to come to an end. Even he who would lead us to enlightment must one day leave us.
Agent R████: Tell me more about the guru. What do you mean "enlightenment"?
Mr. D████: The guru came to us… [Makes noncommittal sounds and gestures towards the sky.] Many generations ago. It chooses those worthy of enlightenment and sends them on to the next plane of existence.
Agent R████: How do you know who's worthy?
Mr. D████: That is not for us to know. Once chosen, enlightenment is achieved. You saw them, the worthy.
Agent R████: So your people just sat there and let themselves starve to death?
Mr. D████: When you achieve enlightenment, your body no longer matters. Who would wish to give up perfection?
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Class-A amnesiacs were administered to all villagers after recovery. Mr. T██████ was hired into the Foundation as a translator.
Record of Object Classification Changes for SCP-███
4/15/194█: SCP-███ contained. Classified Keter due to constant emission of unknown energy and hostile reaction to human presence. Site-██ reorganized to place offices at most distant extremes from holding cell. All personnel advised to wear protective suits while in the site. Dr. R████ H████, is Researcher overseeing SCP-███.
1/25/194█: SCP-███ downgraded to Euclid. Materials lab has produced a substance that reflects measurable emissions from SCP-███. Use of this substance has removed all traces of SCP-███'s emissions from Site-██. Hazardous environment protocols uninstated.
SCP-███ ceased all motion and emission of energy on 5/4/195█. All lights previously emitted are out. No reaction to human presence noted. It is my theory that SCP-███ was running on some kind of power source, that has become drained during its stay here. We could attempt to power it up again, but I would rather downgrade it to Safe if not Neutralized and leave it be. -Dr. R█████ H████, Head Researcher, Site-██
5/4/196█: SCP-███ downgraded to Safe. Request to reclassify it as Neutralized under review by O5 Council.
4/15/197█: SCP-███ upgraded to Keter. Energy emissions have completely changed and current containment protocols are unviable. Hazardous environment protocols reinstated.
Let that be a lesson to us all; it was just biding its time. I recommend that SCP-███ never be classified lower than Euclid. Researcher K████████ has been appointed to oversee SCP-███. -Dr. R█████ H████, Director, Site-██
7/20/197█: SCP-███ downgraded to Euclid after new containment protocols initiated. Hazardous environment protocols rescinded.
Analysis of the new emissions versus what little data we had on the old ones shows what may be the start of a pattern. We'll have to wait and see if it shuts down again. -Dr. K████████
7/20/198█: SCP-███ upgraded to Keter. Containment protocols updated to reflect changes in behavior. Emissions type is subject to change without notice.
I was right, there is a pattern here! What's unpredictable is not the type of energy emitted, but when exactly an emissions frequency change will occur. -Dr. K████████, Researcher
12/1/198█: SCP-███ downgraded to Euclid. Dr. K████████ has received a commendation from Site-█ Director H████ for identifying the pattern in emissions changes and devising reactive containment protocols.
6/8/199█: SCP-███ restored to Euclid. Designation had been changed to "Washing Machine and Dryer" for 76 hours due to containment breach of SCP-████.
1/2/200█: SCP-███ downgraded to Safe by order of O5 Council as part of Foundation-wide containment audits. Containment procedures relaxed.
I see no time was wasted in destroying what Dr. H████ worked for? I'm pretty sure he knew what he was talking about when he said it should never be Safe again. There is absolutely no reason why containment procedures should be so haphazardly reduced. Let the record show that I am wholeheartedly against this. -Dr. K████████
You are advised to watch your tone, Assistant Researcher. -O5-█
9/14/200█: SCP-███ upgraded to Euclid. Former containment protocols reinstated after O5-█ discovered to be [DATA EXPUNGED]. Euclid classification to remain in place permanently, by order of remaining O5 Council.
This may have been the biggest security breach in Foundation history. We can't just cover it up. -Dr. K████████
We can and we shall. That is what we do. Let this just be a lesson to us all, Head Researcher. -O5-█