The Cordial Sea Creature
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SCP-XXXX in containment

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Classification: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in an aquarium measuring 15 m x 15 m x 10 m. It is to be kept within this aquarium at all times when it is dormant. This aquarium must be filled with no less than 2000 litres of sterilized seawater, replaced bimonthly. The old seawater must be stored on site for analysis of anomalous properties. Excess amounts must be evaporated. Under no circumstances are SCP-118, SCP-1092, or any other aquatic-based SCPs allowed to come into contact with SCP-XXXX or its aquarium. SCP-XXXX cannot be given any information regarding SCP-1128's appearance or abilities.

When active, SCP-XXXX is allowed to roam Site ██ for up to 1 hour a day, provided that a researcher assigned to SCP-XXXX permits it to. Other than this, it is to be contained inside its aquarium. At least one researcher assigned to SCP-XXXX is required to escort it at all times while it is active. It must stay by the supervising researcher's side and is not allowed to access any containment cells for other SCPs unless given permission by at least one member of the O5 Council. SCP-XXXX is forbidden from exiting Site ██. If it attempts to leave, it is to be politely reminded of its status as an SCP and its potential threat should it come into contact with water. This is sufficient in discouraging SCP-XXXX from leaving Site ██.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an amorphous sea organism, capable of changing its physical form at will to any other sea creature. It prefers to appear as a lobster, though other documented forms include, but are not limited to, various species of swordfish, shark, whale, dolphin, octopus, squid, jellyfish, █████, ███████, and a previously unknown genus of cephalopod.

SCP-XXXX is capable of moving through the air via an unknown means which resembles swimming, as long as its current form is capable of swimming through water. SCP-XXXX is also capable of respirating in any fluid, including air. Any aquatic life form introduced to the seawater inside SCP-XXXX's aquarium gains these abilities1 permanently, including microbiota such as plankton.

It has been determined that SCP-XXXX affects the water it comes into contact with, making it so that any other sea creature that in turn makes contact with it become anomalous. The affected water is otherwise identical to how it was before exposure to SCP-XXXX.

SCP-XXXX is capable of speech, though any mechanism of producing sound has not been found. When asked to explain how it can talk, SCP-XXXX claims that it does not know. Its voice resembles a Welsh male in their late twenties.

SCP-XXXX is quite amiable to any who interact with it, and has shown a profound curiosity towards the Foundation and its activities. However, SCP-XXXX is not permitted to be given any information regarding any research.

SCP-XXXX enters a dormant state at night, requiring at least 4 hours of rest every day while submerged in seawater.

SCP-XXXX was recovered on June ██, ████ off the shore of ██████ ███, in ██████ when local civilians spotted a pod of dolphins swimming through the air. Foundation Agents embedded in a nearby town were sent to investigate. SCP-XXXX retrieved in its dormant state, affected organisms terminated, and witnesses administered Class A amnestics.