Item #: SCP-XXX-J
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXX-J is to be kept in a Standard Containment Cell at Site-17. Under no circumstances is any Personnel to challenge SCP-XXX-J to any form of competition, or say anything that could be perceived as a challenge or contest, outside of organized testing. Should D-Class Personnel be involved in the testing of SCP-XXX-J, they are not to be informed of the true nature of its anomalous properties, as this has lead to ███ escape attempts by D-Class Personnel in the past.
Description: SCP-XXX-J is a white male in his teenage years, who, whenever challenged by one or more other sentient entity/entities to a form of competition, will always get second place in said competition. Participants in said competition do not have to be sentient, nor do they have to include the challenger. In instances where it would seem impossible for SCP-XXX-J to get second, it usually leads to a form of strange coincidence which causes SCP-XXX-J to still get second place in the competition. Competitions have lasted for a seemingly indefinite amount of time, and the only limiting factor appears to be that SCP-XXX-J must eventually complete the challenge at some point after another participant has completed the challenge, and at some point before any other participant completes the challenge.
Addendum:
Testing Log Format:
Testing Log XXX-J-#
Participants in Challenge:
Challenger:
Challenge:
Results:
Testing Log XXX-J-1
Participants in Challenge: 32 High-Rank Runners, SCP-XXX-J
Challenger: Dr. F████
Challenge: SCP-XXX-J is challenged to race said runners from one end of a field outside of Site-17 to another. Runners are all in much higher physical condition than SCP-XXX-J.
Results: Upon the race starting, a sinkhole opens up under 31 of the runners, causing them to fall into a 12 foot deep pit. SCP-XXX-J then proceeds to get 2nd place after the one runner who didn't fall into the sinkhole. Said sinkhole is found to have been forming for over 10 years.
Testing Log XXX-J-2
Participants in Challenge: D-5678, SCP-XXX-J
Challenger: D-5678
Challenge: D-5678 challenges SCP-XXX-J to a contest of who can escape from Site-17 first.
Results: D-5678 remained contained at Site-17 for █ days, during which time SCP-XXX-J was unable to leave Site-17 due to various malfunctions which caused his Containment Cell door to be unable to be opened. D-5678 is then killed while attempting to escape from Site-17 using the plumbing system when ███ foundation personnel simultaneously suffered from distressed bowels and all used the restroom at the same time. His body was the transferred off site, and SCP-XXX-J's was once again able to leave his cell to be taken outside of Site-17 for testing.
Testing Log XXX-J-3
Participants in Challenge: Agent ███'s mother, SCP-XXX-J
Challenger: Guest Researcher Dr. B████
Challenge: Guest Researcher B████ mentions to Agent ███ that his mother is so ugly that even SCP-XXX-J could get laid before she would.
Results: [DATA EXPUNGED]. SCP-XXX-J is now known to not have to be challenged directly for something to be seen as a challenge. Guest Researcher B████ is now under protective care after Agent ███ challenged him and SCP-XXX-J to see who get ███████ by a giant teletubby with ██ tentacles first. SCP-XXX-J has requested a cyanide pill to keep on hand just in case, request is pending review by the Ethics Committee.
Testing Log XXX-J-4
Participants in Challenge: 2 Flashlights, SCP-XXX-J
Challenger: Dr. F████
Challenge: SCP-XXX-J is challenged to race the light caused by the flashlights to a wall 10 feet away.
Results: Right before the start of the test, SCP-███ breaches containment, leading to the death of Researcher █████, who was carrying the second flashlight. SCP-XXX-J proceeds to flee, and touches the wall it was supposed to race to on its way out. SCP-███ is reported to have escaped containment because its cell door was opened by Guest Researcher B████, who was apparently seeking a quick death, although SCP-███ just ignored him. It is reported that the first flashlight was successfully triggered, and that its light reached the wall before SCP-XXX-J.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a standard containment locker at Site-17. Due to the nature of SCP-XXXX, no other form of special containment is needed. Further testing is allowed with at least Level 2 Access and permission from at least 1 Level 3 Researcher. SCP-XXXX is to be handled by a mechanical arm in order to prevent it from catching anything organic accidentally. Should material be put into SCP-XXXX, it is to be done by a D-Class personnel to prevent accidental triggering by researchers.
As of Incident XXXX-A, SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a Standard Containment Cell at Site-17. SCP-XXXX is to be fed a standard meal 3 times per day by a D-Class personnel member. Should SCP-XXXX unexpectedly progress to a Luring Stage, it is to be fed immediately, and the Site Director is to be notified of the change. Should SCP-XXXX-1 begin to generate, The current D-Class personnel member assigned to SCP-XXXX is to immediately induce SCP-XXXX's feeding process by any means necessary. Should SCP-XXXX-1 generate fully and attempt to feed SCP-XXXX, personnel are not to intervene.
Description: SCP-XXXX is visually nearly identical to a standard bear trap produced by ██████; however, it possesses no identifiable manufacturer's markings. SCP-XXXX's anomalous properties are observed whenever any form of organic matter is caught by it.
Whenever SCP-XXXX catches something, is starts a feeding phase, in which it seems to absorb the chemical energy of whatever it has caught. The process is described as a "withering" of the organic material. After it has finished feeding, whatever SCP-XXXX caught disintegrates into dust, and SCP-XXXX opens again on it's own. Whenever SCP-XXXX is acted upon with the intent of dismantling or otherwise harming it, the aggressor is [DATA EXPUNGED], followed by SCP-XXXX feeding on whatever remains fall into it.
As of Incident XXXX-A, SCP-XXXX is now known to have 3 luring phases which lead up to the generation of SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX is not allowed to reach any of these luring phases for testing without permission from at least 2 Level 4 Researchers. Under no circumstances is SCP-XXXX-1 to be allowed to generate (See Incident Log XXXX-B for details).
Stage Number | Description | Notable examples |
---|---|---|
Stage 1 | Stage 1 occurs about 12-16 hours after SCP-XXXX's last feeding. It involves SCP-XXXX producing a smell that researchers have all described as pleasant, although descriptions of the smell vary (See Notable Examples). Researchers describe an urge to seek the source of the smell, but are not mentally forced to do so. | Smells described include a freshly baked pie, perfume, [EXPLATIVE REDACTED] |
Stage 2 | Stage 2 occurs about 6-10 hours following Stage 1. During it, SCP-XXXX begins to emit a cry, which researchers state sounds like a person in need, although once again the voice varies among those who hear it (See Notable Examples). | Examples of voices include a Researcher's mother, a child, and The President of ███████. |
Stage 3 | Stage 3 occurs about 2 days following Stage 2. During it, SCP-XXXX begins to blend in with its environment. Although it can still be noticed by a trained observer, it is very well camouflaged, and can adjust should its environment change as well (See Notable Examples). It is worth of note that the effects of Stage 1 and 2 are still occurring in this time period. | SCP-XXXX has proven able to blend into a forest, a sidewalk, and a completely white room with a flat floor and no special features. |
If SCP-XXXX is fed during any of its luring stages, it will return back to its normal state, and will begin Stage 1 again if it has not been fed in about 12-16 hours. However, if it is not fed, 7 days following the beginning of Stage 3 SCP-XXXX-1 will generate.
SCP-XXXX-1 is a large, humanoid creature. It is hunchbacked, and appears to lack eyes, hair, and a mouth. Additionally, it has extremely small ears. However, it has very thick grey skin, large arms, and a very large nose. Upon the generation of SCP-XXXX-1, which takes about one minute, SCP-XXXX will cease its luring stages, and SCP-XXXX-1 will pick it up. It will then seek out a nearby form of organic matter by smell, and upon reaching it will kill it by [DATA EXPUNGED], which is the exact same method that SCP-XXXX seems to use to protect itself from violence. SCP-XXXX-1 will then force the victim into SCP-XXXX, which will begin to feed. Upon SCP-XXXX finishing its feeding, SCP-XXXX-1 will disappear by unknown means. SCP-XXXX then resumes its normal cycle of luring stages.
SCP-XXXX was discovered in the woods near a farm in ██████. A local farmer began to report his livestock missing, until he disappeared as well. Upon police investigation, SCP-XXXX was discovered when an officer accidentally stepped in it and was fed upon. At this point, the Foundation was alerted and took it into custody after administering Class-A Amnestics to those involved. Investigation revealed that previous incidents of random disappearances have occurred in the area since ████, although no source of the anomaly had been found until now. There doesn't appear to be any sort of marking on SCP-XXXX to indicate who, or what, might have created it.
Addendum:
Testing Log XXXX-01
Date:██/██/████
Head Researcher: Dr. F████
Test Item(s): One Eggplant
Test Subject: D-3682
Test Procedure: D-3682 is instructed to approach SCP-XXXX and toss the eggplant into it.
Test Results: SCP-XXXX catches the eggplant and proceeds to feed upon it normally. It appears that SCP-XXXX is able to feed upon all forms of organic matter rather than just meat.
Testing Log XXXX-02
Date:██/██/████
Head Researcher: Dr. F████
Test Item(s): One metal pole
Test Subject: D-3682
Test Procedure: D-3682 is instructed to approach SCP-XXXX and attempt to trigger it using the metal pole.
Test Results: SCP-XXXX shows no reaction to metal pole. Testing concluded after three attempts to prevent metal pole from possibly being seen as an assault upon SCP-XXXX. It is concluded that SCP-XXXX will only feed on organic material, and will not feed on inorganic matter.
Testing Log XXXX-03
Date:██/██/████
Head Researcher: Dr. F████
Test Item(s): One eggplant, One Metal Skewer
Test Subject: D-3682
Test Procedure: D-3682 is to skewer the eggplant onto the metal pole, and hold eggplant right above SCP-XXXX's trigger without touching it
Test Results: As soon as the eggplant comes within range of the teeth, SCP-XXXX activates and catches the eggplant, beginning its feeding process. It appears as if SCP-XXXX does not activate itself by natural means, but is instead activated whenever it can catch something organic.
Testing Log XXXX-04
Date:██/██/████
Head Researcher: Guest Researcher Dr. ████
Test Item(s): One chainsaw.
Test Subject: D-3682
Test Procedure: D-3682 is instructed to step in SCP-XXXX and attempt to free themselves using the chainsaw.
Test Results: D-3682 successfully triggers SCP-XXXX, which then begins to feed on him. D-3682 proceeds to scream in anguish, then attempts to free his leg by using the chainsaw on it. Subject is successful in freeing himself, but dies shortly after due to blood lost. SCP-XXXX continues to feed on the subject's leg until it finishes, and the leg disintegrates. D-3682's detached remains do not disintegrate. Guest Researcher Dr. ████ is currently under investigation for needlessly endangering D-Class personnel.
Note from Dr. F████: Come on people: D-Class don't grow on trees. This could easily have been done with another eggplant. As of now, I am suspending testing on SCP-XXXX until further notice. It is to be classified as "Safe", and kept in a standard containment locker, and so long as no one is stupid enough to touch it, there should be no further incidents.
On ██/██/████, SCP-XXXX begins to secrete a smell (Now known as Stage 1 of its luring phases). Personnel immediately remove SCP-XXXX from its locker via mechanical arm, and bring it to a standard containment cell until the situation regarding its strange behavior can be identified. MTF Unit Delta-16 ("Chaotic Squids") is stationed nearby in case the situation somehow escalates.
Approximately 9 hours after the smell was first reported, SCP-XXXX begins Stage 2 of its luring phases. Delta-16 proceeds to move SCP-XXXX to a different, soundproof containment cell via mechanical arm until the cause and effects of these new anomalies can be identified. Staff are warned to be on alert should these effects continue.
Approximately 2 days following the beginning of Stage 3, SCP-XXXX "Disappears" and staff are evacuated due to a potential containment breach. It is identified to have camouflaged approximately 2 days later. It remains isolated in a containment cell, and awaits possible reclassification as Euclid. Testing remains suspended.
Approximately 1 week following the beginning of Stage 3, staff begin to notice the beginnings of SCP-XXXX-1's manifestation as a faintly translucent entity coming into being next to SCP-XXXX. Staff are immediately evacuated from the area, and Delta-16 is sent into the cell to contain it (See Interview Log XXXX-01 for details). After SCP-XXXX-1 feeds SCP-XXXX, it disappears, and SCP-XXXX resumes normal behavior. Based on the description given by the surviving members of Delta-16, SCP-XXXX is to be reclassified as Euclid and given broader containment procedures
Interviewed: MTF Commander ████ of Delta-16
Interviewer: Dr. F████
Foreword: This interview was conducted following Incident XXXX-A, with the purpose to possibly assess the true natures of SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1, as well as to consider possible reclassification of the object and necessary new containment procedures.
<Begin Log>
Dr. F████: Please relay the events of Incident XXXX-A starting with when you first heard about the beginnings of SCP-XXXX-1's manifestation.
MTFC ████: Well, when we first heard about that thing spawning inside of the containment cell we quickly did a gear check, grabbed D-3683, and rushed in to asses the danger it might pose.
Dr. F████: I see, can you please describe it?
MTFC ████: It looked like some kind of troll or something, with thick, grey skin… except it had no mouth, or eyes for that matter. It had massive arms, and looked to be supporting its giant body on them alone.
Dr. F████: So it couldn't support itself on only its legs?
MTFC ████: No, it could. We learned that quickly enough.
Dr. F████: Can you please describe what happened following its full manifestation?
MTFC ████: When it began to move around, we ordered D-3683 to move toward it while we quickly moved around it and shouted at it, just in case it was able to understand us. It ignored us though: If it had ears it couldn't use them well. It just walked over to SCP-XXXX and picked it up, then…
Dr. F████: Wait a moment, was SCP-XXXX any different upon the manifestation of SCP-XXXX-1?
MTFC ████: Huh? Yeah, for some reason it seemed to stop crying out and smelling nice, and turned fully visible again. We didn't worry about that though, because that was then the troll lunged for █████ and…
MTFC ████: …
Dr. F████: What happened?
MTFC ████: It [DATA EXPUNGED] him, that's what!
Dr. F████: I see…
MTFC ████: …
Dr. F████: What happened after that?
MTFC ████: The thing tried to stuff his corpse into that stupid bear trap!
Dr. F████: Tried?
MTFC ████: Yeah, we opened fire on it at that point. It stopped worrying about the bear trap and started worrying about us. It was a slaughter.
Dr. F████: Did firing upon it appear to do any damage?
MTFC ████: A little, but not much. It mostly seemed to agitate it more. It just started running from one of us to another, swinging it's arms around, our armor didn't do [EXPLETIVE REDACTED].
Dr. F████: How did you survive?
MTFC ████: At that point, I realized we were only causing it to fight back, so I ordered my remaining men to cease firing. One of them didn't listen in time, he was the last one it got.
Dr. F████: What did it do after that?
MTFC ████: It started picking up the corpses and [DATA EXPUNGED] them… even though they were already dead! Then, it started stuffing them into SCP-XXXX and it started to feed, and… Now there aren't even corpses left to bury.
Dr. F████: What happened after SCP-XXXX stopped feeding?
MTFC ████: The troll just… vanished… It just disappeared. It took about a minute, but it was like it was never even there.
Dr. F████: That was when you announced the all clear?
MTFC ████: No, we waited a little while. But it didn't seem like that thing was coming back, at least at the moment. We moved D-3683, who somehow survived that whole thing, back to his cell. Then we announced the all clear.
Dr. F████: Why do you believe D-3683 wasn't attacked?
MTFC ████: This may sound strange, but… I think it was trying to make a statement. It attacked █████ first, who was actually screaming at it the loudest now that I think about it. Even through D-3683 was closer, the troll chose to attack the greater threat instead, or at least what might seem to be to something with weak hearing and only smell to lead it. It also chose to [DATA EXPUNGED] the corpses, even though they were already dead… I can't think of any other reason it would do that than it wanted to make a point.
Dr. F████: There have been several theories as to the relationship between SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1. Based on your observation, what do you think they have to do with one another?
MTFC ████: Well, that beast seemed most interested in throwing █████ into the bear trap until we opened fire on it. My best guess is that for some reason the troll wants the bear trap to be able to feed. Maybe they're family or something, I don't really know.
Dr. F████: One more question: Do you have any idea how SCP-XXXX-1 might be contained should it generate again?
MTFC ████: I have one tip regarding its containment: Don't. Just get out of its way and hope it doesn't decide to choose you to stuff down SCP-XXXX.
Dr. F████: Thank you. Is there anything else you wish to say for the record?MTFC ████: [EXPLETIVE REDACTED].
Dr. F████: Understood. Thank you for your time.
<End Log>
Closing Statement by Dr. F████: SCP-XXXX is to be reclassified as Euclid until further notice. Any and all testing is to be for the purpose of identifying the relationship between SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1, and how SCP-XXXX-1 acts.
Testing Log XXXX-05
Date:██/██/████
Head Researcher: Dr. F████
Test Item(s): One Potato
Test Subject: D-3683
Test Procedure: SCP-XXXX is to not be fed in order to cause the manifestation of SCP-XXXX-1. However, before it finishes manifesting, D-3683 is instructed to throw a potato into SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX will hopefully then cease manifestation. Should SCP-XXXX-1 continue to manifest, the D-Class is instructed to draw attention to himself.
Test Results: Upon manifestation of SCP-XXXX-1, D-3683 throws the potato into SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX-1 seems to pause manifesting, and then slowly ceases manifesting, eventually disappearing. Upon complete demanifestation of SCP-XXXX-1, SCP-XXXX begins to emit a low, growling sound, which ceases after about 10 minutes. Although initially suspected to be a variation of Luring Stage 2, it is confirmed to be a different phenomenon, as Luring Stage 1 had not occurred, and everyone heard the same sound. Investigation as to the cause of this is ongoing, and more caution is being advised as to intentionally causing a manifestation of SCP-XXXX-1.
Opening Statement by Dr. F████: I hope this is a lesson to all of you why we pay attention to previous incidents. We don't always need to know everything about the most dangerous aspects of something so long as we know how to stop it from occurring. Considering this, who in their right mind let Guest Researcher Dr. ████ back?
Interview Log XXXX-02
Interviewed: SCP-XXXX-1
Interviewer: Guest Researcher Dr. ████
Foreword: This log is being made in order to ascertain the true nature of SCP-XXXX-1 and its relation to SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX has been made to starve in order to cause the generation of SCP-XXXX-1. The interviewer will be behind a reinforced glass window, and SCP-XXXX-1 is to be kept in an enjoining containment cell. A video log will record the interview to note any strange behavioral aspects of SCP-XXXX-1.
<Begin Log>
Guest Researcher Dr. ████:: Greetings SCP-XXXX-1, I would like to ask a few questions…
SCP-XXXX-1 is seen to be sniffing around
Guest Researcher Dr. ████:: …first of all, what is your purpose here? Why do you manifest whenever SCP-XXXX is not fed for an extended period of time?
SCP-XXXX-1 picks up SCP-XXXX
Guest Researcher Dr. ████:: Ah, do you want to show me something?
SCP-XXXX-1 proceeds to lunge at Guest Researcher Dr. ████, breaking through the reinforced window with little effort, and proceeds to [DATA EXPUNGED] Guest Researcher Dr. ████, followed by stuffing him into SCP-XXXX, which begins feeding. After SCP-XXXX finishes feeding, SCP-XXXX-1 disappears.
<End Log>
Closing Statement by Dr. F████: SCP-XXXX-1 followed almost the exact same behavioral pattern as described by MTF Commander ████. As of such, it is confirmed that its reason for generating is to feed SCP-XXXX when it is unable to catch anything on its own. The purpose of this behavior is as of yet unknown. However, due to its ability to easily breach containment, I am temporarily forbidding testing of SCP-XXXX-1. Testing on SCP-XXXX is still allowed, providing that the proper permission is granted.