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SCP-1917-1

Item #: SCP-1924

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Site-1924 is currently assigned to maintain and care for instances of SCP-1924, and is to be publicly disguised as a wildlife preserve handled by the Montiville Nature and Ecological Preservation of Natural Reservoirs. During the hours of 9:00 and 16:00, eleven (11) Foundation personnel consisting of six (6) gardeners, two (2) armed security guards, and three (3) maintenance staff are to be in charge of thoroughly cleaning the aviary, inspecting for any SCP-1924-2 instances, and managing the removal of any nearby flower-based plants.

During the hours of 17:00 to 8:00, Site-1924's front entrance is to be kept secure by a six (6) digit code-release lock mechanism, and is to be watched by no more than two (2) security guards disguised as the Montiville local police, with rotation shifts every two (2) hours. Instances of SCP-1924-1 are to be kept and maintained in an 8 x 8 x 8 meter open air aviary, consisting of eight (8) shallow pans of fresh water, and twelve (12) feeders containing sunflower seed; both are to be emptied and changed at approximately 6:30 every two (2) days.

Description: SCP-1924-1 is the collective designation for an anomalous population of the common Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). All instances of SCP-1924-1 are relatively harmless, and will make no attempt to engage the user in any form of physical attack. SCP-1924-1 instances maintain an abnormal bodily temperature of approximately -6° Celsius, and will expire if left after a certain amount of time (recorded results have shown the current longest span of survival is at approximately twenty-four (24) minutes) in a humid/warm climate.

All instances of SCP-1924-1 appear to regularly engage in an activity of self-propagation (though instances are capable with sexual interaction with a partner) via contact of a plant within the family of Lamiaceae. Once an instance successfully engages with the said plant, SCP-1924-1 will appear to conceal its beak within the plant's ovaries and begin to inject an unknown secretion into it. After approximately three (3) hours, the affected plant will begin to decrease in temperature until it is encased in ice, and will rapidly condense and thicken after a total of two (2) minutes.

Once completed, the ice will then melt, revealing an avian figure with the exact bodily proportions of SCP-1924-1, which is designated SCP-1924-2. SCP-1924-2 instances are fully comprised of ice, lack a set of eyes, and do not appear to contain any internal organs (resulting in no requirement for sustenance or breathing). In the event that an SCP-1924-2 instance initiates contact with organic material, small patterns of frost and mold will begin to form over the area where SCP-1924-2 had once stood. Though the the frost/mold pattern is incapable of spreading, affected surfaces will begin to gradually decay over time. Certain materials, such as human skin, appear to rather sustain severe frostbite, and moderate chance of skin infection.

Addendum 1924-001: At approximately 09:22 A.M at Site-1924, Researchers Andrew and Kleiner had been documenting experiment logs for the results of objects reacting to contact with SCP-1917-2. Researcher Kleiner, of whom was suffering from an open wound on his wrist after he had injured it while operating heavy machinery, had accidentally initiated bare contact with an SCP-1924-2 instance after it had escaped its containment chamber and had uncontrollably flown into his office. There, it had stationed itself upon his wrist over the open gash and thus infected him.

During his treatment within Site-1924's medical bay, Researcher Kleiner had been complaining of a high fever. Two (2) hours prior to infection, Researcher Kleiner had been claiming to see mild auditory and visual hallucinations involving hearing quick chirping noises, viewing unusual patterns of blue light, and briefly seeing an instance of SCP-1924-2. Both the fever and hallucinations worn off three (3) days later, and Researcher Kleiner was provided with a short medical evaluation after treatment.