Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept at Site-XX in a suite of three rooms (a living room, a bedroom, and a bathroom), each containing suitable standard sets of furniture and objects. No body or source of water is to be introduced into either room. In order to observe and monitor the activities of SCP-XXXX, its rooms are to be surveilled by nine (9) cameras. SCP-XXXX will rarely resist containment, and is in a worst case scenario easily restrained by an average security guard.
SCP-XXXX has as of 2012-05-21 been granted permanent access to pencils of different colours, erasers, and paper. Other requests must be reviewed and receive security clearance before being granted.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a humanoid male of unknown origin. It is of average build, and appear to be approximately 25-30 years old. From the fourth cervical vertebra down, it is anatomically and biologically identical to a human, including internal organs of which it makes no actual use, such as the respiratory system. Its head consists of a flourescent twin tube lamp, approximately 35 cm long, which connects to the flesh of the neck via a plastic socket. The strength of the light emitted by this tube lamp appears to vary according to the mental state of SCP-XXXX.
It does not require any input of energy or sustenance, its body and organs produce no excretions, and it does not need to sleep. At somewhat regular intervals it will nonetheless lie down on its bed as if to rest, sit by its table as if for a meal, or close the bathroom door on itself as if to achieve some nominal privacy.
It is incapable of verbal communication, but usually seems to register and commonly responds to visual and auditory stimuli. It is likewise incapable of reading or writing, despite several attempts to teach it a number of different languages and scripts, including Braille and various sign languages. At irregular intervals it will attempt to communicates by producing simple drawings, commonly expressing different requests (See File XXXX-P). Through a combination of verbal communication, gestures, and pictorial material, basic messages may be conveyed to it, but it has not been possible to determine to what extent it actually understands human speech, if at all. At times it will try to respond, via gestures or drawings, to sentences spoken in its presence. In other instances, however, its body language will be more limited than usual.
While the previously mentioned characteristics prohibit a full understanding of SCP-XXXX's psychological profile, it appears timid in nature. Despite some initial anxiety upon containment, it seems to have not only accepted its situation but also to have grown to appreciate the company of researchers and test subjects. When left alone for a prolonged amount of time, SCP-XXXX can be observed pacing through its rooms, or lying on top of its bed with its hands on its stomach and its "face" turned towards the ceiling. Other times it will appear to observe the lamps in the apartment, or it will stand motionless in front of a wall on which it has drawn a window looking out on a crude landscape.
XXXX-P-03: A button-down shirt, a pair of dress pants, and oxford shoes. Request granted.
XXXX-P-07: A dog. When this request was denied, the light emitted by SCP-XXXXs head diminished slightly.
XXXX-P-08: A TV and three (3) nondescript rectangles, correctly interpreted as unspecified DVD cases. Request partly granted, in that SCP-XXXX is allowed to watch 1-7 select movies or documentaries per week. The contents of these films must have been carefully screened to contain only suitable material (for an extensive list of regulations, see document XXXX-TV-01). SCP-XXXX seems especially fond of romantic comedies and documentaries on different arts and crafts.
SCP-XXXX will at irregular intervals obsess over a specific subject it has observed on television, often a particular craft. The first observation of this behaviour occured when SCP-XXXX requested a large number of sheets of coloured paper (See XXXX-P-09), after which it spent the following evening and night producing over 430 intricate origami figures. Other past obsessions have included papercraft and shadow puppetry. It will initially seem shyly proud of the items it has produced, but after one to three days it appears to turn morose and will stack said items in piles by the door, evidently wanting them to be removed.
XXXX-P-13: A humanoid which, via analysis of its hairstyle, facial hair, and clothing, was identified as Dr H█████, one of the researchers having studied SCP-XXXX since its initial containment. When Dr H█████ entered its apartment, the light emitted by the flourescent twin tube head of SCP-XXXX increased considerably. SCP-XXXX took Dr H█████'s hand and held it for quite some time.
During the following 72 days, SCP-XXXX frequently produced replicas of XXXX-P-13 in order to request Dr H█████'s presence. Furthermore, on numerous occasions it produced items which it presented to Dr H█████ as gifts. These included papercut cards, elaborate origami figures, embroideries, and both shadow puppet and papercraft scenes featuring numerous figures and props.
XXXX-P-18: The last replica of XXXX-P-13. Dr H█████ had perished in an accident two days previous. Upon being informed of this, SCP-XXXX's emittance of light decreased significantly.
XXXX-P-19: Produced two (2) days after learning of Dr H█████'s death. The drawing depicts Dr H█████'s face, his eyes substituted for light bulbs, drawn with somewhat shaky lines.
XXXX-P-20a: The most elaborate drawing to date, showing a house and the yard in front of it as well as multiple organic and inorganic beings and objects. In several instances, different parts of the people, animals, and items depicted had been substituted for different kind of light bulbs and flourescent tube lamps.
XXXX-P-20b: Produced at the same time as the previous file. Depicts SCP-XXXX itself, standing in the middle of an otherwise empty sheet of paper.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXX is to be kept at Site-[xx] in a type G9 Standard Containment Locker, furnished to generate a suitable micro-environment. SCP-XXX is not to be unnecessarily exposed to light and must, due to its age and condition, be handled with appropriate care.
Description: SCP-XXX is a set of three plain cardboard boxes with lids and of different sizes, the smallest one (SCP-XXX-1; measuring 5 x 5 x 5 cm) fitting into the medium one (SCP-XXX-2; measuring 7 x 7 x 7 cm) and the medium one fitting into the largest one (SCP-XXX-3; measuring 9 x 9 x 9 cm). They were manufactured no later than 1907 and shows corresponding signs of age and wear, especially the outer, largest box.
When a piece of a human or animal subject - such as a lock of hair or fur, an eyelash, a tooth, a nailclipping, or a fingertip - is placed in either of the three boxes, the body of the subject will immediately constrict as though being forced into a small cubic space barely able to accomodate a human or animal of the present subject's size, rendering them unable to move more than a few millimeter, if at all. No subject has reported sensations of any kind of external force. Instead, their bodies seem to constrict themselves into a [huddled] position by their own accord, and to keep itself in that position despite the lack of any externally limiting material. Most subjects survives this process, excluding a few instances when the subject's neck has been broken, their throat/lungs have been constricted to such an extent as to result in suffocation, or their bodies otherwise damaged in such a way as to result in their total incapacitation or expiration. The severity of the constriction and possible resulting damage to the body of the subject corresponds to the size of the box used in a given experiment, though the physical [omfattning] of the subject also seem to factor in. Experimentation including SCP-XXX-1, the smallest box, is thus most likely to result in the subject's bones being broken and their tendons snapping in the process of constriction.
There is currently no known means by which to release a subject from this position. All attempts to move the limbs of the subject, including the application of considerable force, has thus far failed. Removing the piece of the subject from the relevant instance of SCP-XXX does not cancel their constricted state. SCP-XXXX can likewise be manipulated (i.e. moved or turned up-side down) without affecting the state and position of the subject. Further testing has shown that placing human or animal material in two boxes and putting the smaller of the two inside the bigger one invarialy results in the death of both subjects. This is due to parts of one subject, commonly hands, feet, and the lower jaw, being relocated inside the other subject's body.
Most subjects still capable of providing further verbal data express extreme distress and/or enter a hysteric and/or catatonic state. Some, though physically able to consume food and drink, have eventually refused to do so, in which case either the application of intravenous life-support systems or the administration of a lethal injection should both be considered, depending on the value and potential of the experiment in question.
Subjects affected by SCP-XXXX will age normally. With time, they might develop various side effects caused by their confined position, such as mycosis and bedsores. These should be treated in an approporiate manner.
For ongoing experiments, see File XXXX-C1 for detailed physical descriptions and psychological evaluations of subjects at different points in time. See File XXXX-C2 for archived reports on cancelled instances.
According to a label on the largest box, written upon with black ink, it was mailed to a Mr. Crawford, [xxx] Street, Hastings, on May 8th, 1907. Another label, glued to the inside of the lid of the largest box, contains the following message, likewise written in black ink: "I procured what you were looking for. I understand how you feel, but please, devote some thought to what you plan to do. I don't want you to have to regret this. Good luck. /L.R."
SCP-XXX was brought to the Foundation's attention in 1981, when a Mr. [xxx xxx] discovered the body of his adult son inside the latter's home. Distraught by the state of his offspring, Mr. [xxx xxx] alarmed the local police, whereupon local Foundation Agents intervened and confiscated both the artifact and [the son]. [Amnesiacs where distributed as appropriate.] Upon examination, a lock of hair found in the medium box was identified as belonging to [the son <— Should I name him?]. The largest box likewise contained a lock of hair, whereas the smallest box contained a tooth.
Though heavily distorted and nearly perished due to a lack of sustenance, [the son] was able to disclose his purchase of the cardboard boxes from a local antiquity store six days previous.
The staff of the store was subsequently questioned but did or could not produce any record of having purchased, sold, or even seen SCP-XXX before. Neither further encouragement nor a thorough search of both the store and the owner's home could disprove these statements.