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Item #: SCP-XX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XX patients are to be kept physically restrained in Secure Ward LAN-12 to prevent the spread of infection. The initial infection source is contained at site of discovery in a building disguised as an electrical substation, designated Building-XX.
Building-XX is kept securely locked and surrounded by a standard substation fence replete with 'Danger of death' warning signs. Constant surveillance is kept over the Building, and any persons attempting to intrude are to be detained and questioned. Ingress is only by means of a double door system which includes an isolation chamber to prevent the entrance of any small mammals to Building-XX. On no account must any mammals except approved test subjects be permitted to exit Building-XX.
One member of Foundation personnel with dentistry training is to monitor all dentistry journals and news sources for cases that may indicate an SCP-XX outbreak.
Description: SCP-XX is an infectious disease that causes severe hyperdontia in unsual areas of the body. The initial infection source is the area contained by Building-XX, a former male bathroom in a ████ company service station located on the M█ motorway in ██████████, United Kingdom. The vector via which this area infects is unknown: Level-V Haz-Suits have proven ineffective in preventing infection. The disease may affect a large number of mammalian species (for a full list of all susceptible mammals discovered so far, see Document-XX-Species) including rodents, dogs, and humans; approximately 23% of subjects exposed to the area contract SCP-XX. Infection may also be passed to new hosts through bites which draw blood, with an infection probability of 12%.
Initial stage infection results in the patient presenting hyperdontia (the eruption of extra teeth) in various body orifices. The first orifice to be affected is usually the mouth, with teeth erupting from gums, palate, and frenulum, but once the disease has progressed, all bodily openings will be affected. The size of teeth grown varies but tends to be proportional to the size of the opening. SCP-XX teeth will grow at a rate roughly twelve times that of natural teeth, taking typically between 3 weeks and 9 months for a tooth to grow from germ to full root completion, depending on size. Teeth will grow in rows further and further back into the orifice as the disease progresses.
D-20584 presenting early-stage SCP-XX infection. |
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Latter stage SCP-XX infection will begin to occur once all natural bodily orifices have grown at least one full row of teeth. In this occasion, areas of the body which are not orifices but form a semi-closed shape, such the eyes or the interspaces between toes, will also begin to erupt teeth. In addition, any apertures formed in the body by external trauma, such as cuts to the skin, will develop SCP-XX teeth.
Calcium and other minerals required to grow the teeth are taken from the body's natural stores, and, consequently, SCP-XX infection can result in osteoporosis and hypocalcaemia. Patients may be kept alive despite this by administering calcium and mineral supplements, and will keep producing teeth indefinitely.
The tooth-growing process has been described by patients as extremely painful, and similar to the teething pains experienced by children and young adults during the development of normal teeth. This discomfort can be alleviated temporarily by making biting, gnashing, or grinding motions with the affected teeth upon solid objects; it was due to monitoring of a patient in this state that the discovery of SCP-XX's ability to transfer through bites was discovered.
Addendum XX-A - Circumstances of discovery: SCP-XX was first identified from routine searching of medical literature, and classified as an SCP distinct from hyperdontia on 19/02/2009. Information suppression policy was applied successfully, and the pattern of outbreaks was used to trace the source to the ████████ service station. Thereafter, quarantining and careful experimentation revealed the male bathroom in Wing B, in use with no known anomalous effect since the service station's opening in 1983, as the initial source of infection. SCP-XX-1 (see Addendum XX-C) was discovered lodged behind a cistern during the dismantling of facility equipment.
Addendum XX-B - events of 15/07/2008:
Interviews with cleaning and security staff, and review of security footage has tentatively identified early morning 15/07/2008 as the moment at which the bathroom became the source of SCP-XX infection.
Security footage log:
03.17 Three men enter the service station. All three wear black hooded tops with hoods up. One, designated POI-XX-α, carries a large empty-looking backpack, and another, designated POI-XX-β, holds a green implement (likely SCP-XX-1) which he passes from hand to hand frequently. The third man is designated POI-XX-γ.
03.19 The men halt outside the bathroom in Wing B and engage in discussion.
03.22 The men enter the bathroom, the last looking around before he closes the door.
<period of unremarkable activity omitted>
05.59 XX-α and XX-β exit the bathroom. XX-α still carries the backpack, which appears fuller and heavier.
06.00 The men walk quickly to the main entrance, where XX-β stops.
06.00 XX-β puts his hands into his hooded top pocket, and then pats the pockets of his trousers. XX-β turns back towards the interior of the service station.
06.01 XX-β starts to walk back inside, but XX-α puts a hand on his arm and stops him. The two engage in an animated discussion.
06.03 XX-α and XX-β walk to a car, later determined to be stolen, and drive away southbound.
POI-XX-γ does not exit the bathroom.
The cleaner on duty on 15/07/2008 reports that he recalls one of the bathroom stalls being locked for an unusually long time, and upon returning later to clean the stall, discovered a moderate quantity of white gravel of varying grain size (believed to be dental matter) on the floor and toilet lid.
Addendum XX-C - SCP-XX-1:
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XX-1 is stored in Reliquary 87B-6, locker 12004.
Description: SCP-XX-1 is a green plastic toothbrush of unknown make and manufacture.
Brushing teeth with SCP-XX-1 causes the teeth to be worn down at a very rapid rate - approximately five minutes of brushing is sufficient to remove an entire molar. No other tissue is damaged by this brushing action, even though the brush may be used to remove entire tooth roots.
Embossed text on the back of the handle reads 'For non-oral use only'.
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You rest your head against the cool glass of the bus window, briefly closing your eyes. The cool glass doesn't help. The jolts and bumps making your jaw rattle aren't enough to distract you, either. You can't stop thinking about the day.
Like usual, you arrive late. Mr. Vincent is halfway through the roll so, of course, you've missed your name. Everyone laughs as you rush in, red-faced from both running and embarrassment. Desperately looking round for somewhere to sit, you notice with a sinking feeling that all the seats are taken except on Edward's table. You'll have to sit next to him. This isn't new, but you can't help yourself hoping every day that maybe Kyle will have left you a space, or Harrison. Aren't they your friends, after all?
No, says a voice inside you. You want them to be your friends, but they don't want to be yours. No-one wants to be your friend.
Except Edward, of course. Edward wants to be friends with everyone. He beams at you in the way he always does, and honks "Want to hear a joke?" in his too-loud voice as you throw your bag under the table, shrug out of your jacket, and sit down, trying to get your breathing under control.
"Not right now, Edward," says Mr. Vincent calmly. "Everyone settle down. Now. Samantha Lopez?"
"Here!" says Samantha brightly. She is sitting at the table one away from you, and after answering the teacher, turns to look at you. You look away quickly, but she's seen you looking, and turns to Heather with a giggle, whispering something. You feel your face warming up again as all the girls on the table titter.
Edward is tugging at your arm. "Why did the cat cross the road?" he blares. "Because it farted! Look, I drawed a picture for you!"
If only you could sink under the desk. Already you can tell this is going to be the worst day.
You sit on one of the benches in a tucked-away corner of the playground at recess. Kyle and Harrison don't want to play with you. They said that their game of soccer already had enough players, and any more would be too many, but you saw that they were struggling against Brendan, Ray, and Reese. You swing your legs as you try to think what you've done to upset them.
"Hey!" You look up to see Samantha and Heather walking towards you, grinning broadly. "Want to play with us?" calls Heather.
This is probably a trick, you think to yourself. But you can't quite let go of the possibility, so maybe you should see what they want.
"We were going to play - achoo!" Samantha says, faking a sneeze.
"Bless you!" says Heather to Samantha, smiling. "Our - achoo!"
"Something - achoo! - is making me - achoo! - sneeze!" says Samantha. "Is it - achoo! - is it him?"
"It is!" shrieks Heather. "He's got - achoo! - he's got cooties!"
"Cooties! Achoo! Cooties!" sings Samantha.
"Quick!" shouts Heather. "Run away before you catch it or - achoo! - you'll sneeze your brains out through your nose!"
You shake your head as they skip away laughing and still pretending to sneeze. Why was that funny? Why you?
You slip down and sit on the floor with your back resting against the bench. The loose earth around the base of the bench has a few small stones scattered around, and you idly pick them up and start tossing them over the fence into the woods that border the school. You notice there's a leaf on one of the tree branches which is a different colour to the rest, and you aim your stones towards it. It's absorbing your interest, peaceful and fun -
"Hey, what are you doing?" Edward's thick voice intrudes upon you from right behind the bench. "Are you throwing stones? Can I have a go?"
The boy lurches happily around the bench and squats down clumsily to pick up some stones.
Grabbing a whole handful of little pebbles and grit, he flings them in the direction of the trees, still in a squatting position.
You're suddenly overcome with anger. You were almost starting to enjoy yourself, forgetting the rejection of the boys and the taunting of the girls. And now this idiot comes blundering in interrupting with his loudness and awkwardness.
You hurl the last stone you've been gripping with extra strength, and just at that moment, Edward, who has been shuffling backwards rummaging through the soil while still squatting down, stands up.
Horrified, you watch as the pebble, slightly larger than a marble, hits the boy in the forehead. His expression goes immediately from its usual wide grin into an open-mouthed look of pure shock. He can't quite believe it. His hand starts to drift up towards his head, and then the pain kicks in, and the corners of his mouth drop and he starts to wail.
Your stomach turns itself upside down. You didn't want that to happen. You didn't want to hurt him. You're going to get in so much trouble for this.
But a small part of you smiles, and is glad.
Quarter to three. School's nearly over, but while some of the lucky kids go home, you have to go to day care, like a baby. Mama and Daddy say you're not old enough to be in the house alone, and they have to work, but that's just not fair. You'd be fine by yourself.
Day care is almost unbearable. The other kids are bad enough at school, and there's the teachers there who can actually punish them. Under the well-meaning but useless gestures of Debby and the other day care women, it's hell.
You're just about to get on the bus when you hear your name called. You look back, and Mr. Vincent is beckoning to you from his class door. He's saying something about report, and your heart sinks. You kind of thought you'd got away with the thing with Edward, but now it looks like you'll be put on report, and then Mama will be sad again, and Daddy will just look at you with the disappointment in his eyes even worse.
Mr Vincent looks at you, and gestures to sit down. He doesn't look as stern as you'd feared; if anything, he looks anxious. You've never had any real trouble with Mr. Vincent: he's not your favourite teacher, but he's not angry like Mr. Lenny or nasty like Miss Debrah. You shift your weight about, wondering when he's going to begin speaking. He doesn't seem to know where to start.
"Look, I know it's difficult with Edward. He can be annoying, and you don't always want him around." Mr. Vincent holds up a hand to stop your explanation. "I don't think you hurt him on purpose. I know you don't like him, but I don't think you're the kind of boy to do that. I know how much it upsets you when Harrison and Kyle won't spend time with you, when the girls tease you. I wish I could do something. I don't know why no-one seems to want to be your friend - apart from Edward, and he just wants to be everyone's friend. I know what it's like to feel like - to feel like no-one wants you. To think you're nothing but an annoyance in everyone's lives."
Mr. Vincent is pacing around, talking quickly and stumbling a little over his words. You're almost a bit worried. Mr. Vincent doesn't seem like a teacher any more. He smiles suddenly, weakly.
"Now I'm scaring you. Teachers aren't supposed to be human, are we? We're adults - right? The enemy. No-one expects us to try to - to get close to you, to be real with you.
"But I - I think I need your help. There's something I'm trying to do, something I'm trying to make, and I need someone else to help me. I'm close now - real close, I'm about to get it. I really think I can do it!"
He stops walking and looks at you directly. "Will you help me?
The memories fade away as you climb down the bus steps, shaking your head. What an awful day. And now you're … you're at the local high school? What's going on? Weren't you supposed to be going to day care? Why are you back here? What happened after you left school? And why does the Mission High School look so… old?
Researcher Grant buried his face in his hands as the door closed behind the small boy carrying an orange jumpsuit over one arm. It never got any easier.
With a deep sigh, he opened the tracking document and registered the arrival of SCP-1680 instance number 20,584.
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Item #: SCP-X
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: A copy of each known version (current version: 1.8.2) of SCP-X is stored on Anomalous Non-Propagating Data Server 72 in Storage Rack 6, Site 82. Access for testing purposes requires approval from at least one Level 3/X Researcher. All testing of SCP-X must take place on terminals with no network hardware running the latest version of FoundOS Secure (Standalone Edition) to prevent any anomalies created by use of SCP-X-1 propagating across networks.
ITF Tera-4 is to monitor known web sources which have hosted SCP-X in the past (including, but not limited to, Softpedia, CNet, and the universe repositories for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and [REDACTED] operating systems. See Document X-Sources for a list of known hosts), as well as performing periodic searches for new hosts of SCP-X. If an instance of SCP-X is detected, it should be downloaded and stored if it represents a new version, or deleted otherwise. It should be noted that since ██/██/201█, no new servers or repositories have hosted instances of SCP-X, though new versions continue to appear at varying intervals on the known locations.
Description: SCP-X is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) designed for use when writing programs and scripts using version 3.3.3 of the Python programming language. SCP-X has a number of non-anomalous features common to many IDEs which help a user create programs, including syntax highlighting, code auto-completion, and real-time detection of syntactic errors. It also includes a compiler, though programs written using SCP-X may be compiled and run using any compiler. SCP-X has no anomalous properties when used to write programs using standard Python code, modules, and libraries.
Collectively, SCP-X-1 refers to a library of modules available for importing through the use of SCP-X-1. When a user attempts to import and use a Python module which is not included with standard Python installs or present in sys.path, one of the SCP-X-1 modules may be imported and used instead. An estimated 10,000 SCP-X-1 modules exist; although comprehensive list of modules has been found, once four letters of a module name or function are typed, SCP-X will display auto-complete suggestions. SCP-X-1 modules display a variety of anomalous effects, ranging from achieving standard programming results at previously unheard-of efficiency to affecting surrounding environments in atypical ways. All effects caused by execution of SCP-X-1 modules cease as soon as the program enacting them finishes running, whether naturally, through a forced cancelling of the program execution, or through a lack of power to terminal, either deliberate or caused by damage. See Addendum X-A for a selection of module descriptions, or Document X-List for the full list of modules discovered thus far.
It is not currently known where these modules are stored, or how they are accessed. The Python compiler appears to access them in the same way as a module installed in sys.path, but accessing this through any other means than SCP-X does not show the presence of any anomalous modules. SCP-X-1 modules have so far resisted all attempts to examine their meta-information; functions such as dir() and modules such as inspect have thrown errors when applied to SCP-X-1 modules. Mundane modules may be installed, imported, and used as normal; if a module sharing a name with an SCP-X-1 module is installed, the mundane module will take precedence.
Addendum X-A: Partial list of SCP-X-1 modules
Module name: super
Notable functions:
search(item, unsorted list) - searches for an item within an unsorted list; runs in constant time
sort(list) - sorts a list of sortable items; runs in logarithmic timeComments: The fastest known mundane algorithm for searching runs in logarithmic time and the fastest known mundane sorting algorithm runs in linear or linearithmic time. Use of these super algorithms could save Foundation computing resources an estimated 15% processing time.
Module name: secure
Notable functions:
store(file, password) - removes all trace of a file from a computer, freeing up the space it had taken; allows retrieval
retrieve(filename, password) - retrieves a file stored with store and saves in previous location (recreating directory structure if necessary)
erase(file) - completely removes all traces of a file, rendering it undiscoverable by any means known to Foundation, including store.retrieveComments: No other known method exists to so completely encrypt and destroy data. Notably, functions of this module ignore all other file security restrictions placed on the device.
Module name: halt
Notable functions: check(program file) - returns true if the program (of any major programming language) halts, i.e. contains no infinite loops
Comments: The 'Halting Problem' is a known unsolvable problem in computing - it is mathematically proven impossible to write a program which determines whether a program halts.
Module name: antigravity
Notable functions: start(size in metres) - generates a spherical field centered on computer of radius given to function in which gravity appears to have no function
stop() - closes all current fieldsComments: The field affects all objects within, including the terminal used to initiate the effect; if this is not firmly secured, accidental destruction followed by immediate cessation of anomalous effects is common.
Short-term exposure to these fields can cause moderate to severe digestive problems including nausea and diarrhoea, and mild but permanent damage to propriocentricity. Long-term exposure may cause hypoxaemia, muscle paralysis, and heart failure.
Module name: detonate
Notable functions: now(), delay(seconds)
Comments: When run with no parameters, the detonate.now() function caused an instant explosion of the terminal running the program, comparable in size to a standard hand grenade, resulting in the loss of the D-class tester. Autocomplete suggestions imply the ability to pass a parameter to the now function, but as testing has been suspended on this module its use is unknown.
Module name: temp
Notable functions: increase(degrees) - increases the ambient room temperature by specified number of degrees Kelvin.
decrease(degrees) - decreases the ambient room temperature by specified number of degrees Kelvin.Comments: Ambient room temperature will return to normal at the speed expected once the program finishes running.
Aside from any tissue damage caused by sudden change in temperature, long-term exposure to rooms whose temperature has been altered by this module may cause mild to moderate nausea, headaches, and leukopenia.
Item #: SCP-X
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-X-1 is currently contained in a sound-proofed cabinet equipped with a microphone and speaker, in the function room of the ████████ Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom; this latter is designated Site 381. As SCP-X-1 remains immobile except in the case of Delta Events, current containment efforts are focused on preventing these events. Site 381 should be staffed by a minimum of four agents to monitor SCP-X-1 activity and prevent unauthorised access. These agents should receive a rudimentary training in traditional medicine as practised in 17th Century England (see Document X-Training for full details), and provided with copies of Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine, John Gerald's Herball, or General Historie of Plantes, and Heinrich Kramer's Malleus Maleficarum for use in Protocol X-Oracle.
SCP-X-1 is to be continually monitored via the microphone located in its cabinet for activation events. Upon activation, identity of the SCP-X-3 entity should be established if possible. If the entity is already known and catalogued, no further communication is necessary on the part of the responding agent, though the behaviour of the entity should be monitored and any unusual activity reported to the project director. If the SCP-X-3 entity appears to be unknown, efforts should be made to determine its identity, and it should be catalogued and assigned a numerical sub-designation if possible. All new SCP-X-3 entities should be reported to the project director in the weekly report. If the entity is identified as SCP-X-3-Prime, Protocol X-Oracle must be enacted immediately to prevent a Delta Event. If a Delta Event should occur, agents are to immediately contact the project director for the enaction of Protocol X-Covenant to lure SCP-X-1 back into containment.
The recordings made of SCP-X-3 behaviour are subject to ongoing analysis in the hope of determining the nature and present location of SCP-X-2 for its future containment.
Details of Protocols X-Oracle and X-Covenant for study by new recruits to SCP-X may be found in Document X-Protocols.
Description: SCP-X-1 is a static point in space from which vocal manifestations periodically (roughly every 1-5 hours) emerge. These manifestations are audible by anyone standing nearby and may also be detected on all types of audio recording equipment. Persons hearing the sounds produced by SCP-X-1 will describe them as perfectly clear and understandable, and as being spoken in the language with which they are most comfortable. The voice quality of these manifestations is consistent across repeated hearings by the same person; though descriptions differ between listeners, it is universally described as neither obviously male nor female, and possessing no particular accent.
SCP-X-2 is the tentative designation given to the object, collection of objects, or object and associated actions which enable a person to project sound through to SCP-X-1. Efforts are ongoing to determine its nature and location so that it may be contained.
SCP-X-3 collectively refers to the entities that speak through SCP-X-1; currently there are 14 distinctly identified SCP-X-3 entities, and a further recorded ████ manifestations which have not been firmly matched to any SCP-X-3 entity. As entities all speak with the same voice, identification may only be achieved through recognition of behaviour patterns. Communication with these entities is possible by projecting audio near SCP-X-1. Both naturally produced sound (such as human speech) and sound played through speakers have proved effective.
Notable SCP-X-3 entities include:
- SCP-X-3-D, self-identification George Locksted, who seems to treat SCP-X-2 as some kind of recording device and spends ten to fifteen minutes describing the events of his day. Apparently lives in London in the late 19th Century. Manifestations usually occur between 1900 and 2100 hours.
- SCP-X-3-G, who regularly sings songs popular in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Manifestations may be up to twenty minutes in length, and usually occur between 0630 and 1000 hours.
- SCP-X-3-K, who speaks to SCP-X-2 in a manner which indicates he believes it to reply to him, despite no communication by Foundation personnel.
- SCP-X-3-Prime, self-identification Demdike. Believed by the Foundation to be the initial owner of SCP-X-2, she [DATA EXPUNGED] capable of causing Delta Events. In order to prevent these from occurring, Protocol X-Oracle should be enacted as soon as SCP-X-3-Prime is identified.
Note: prior to this point, SCP-X-1 was believed completely immobile, and a site had been constructed surrounding its location in ██████, Lancashire. Containment procedures involved the recording of all vocal manifestations, but restrictions were in place forbidding reply of any kind.
SCP-X-3-Prime: Demons of the dark and deep, servants of the devil, it is I, Demdike!
<There is a pause of about ten seconds.>
SCP-X-3-Prime: Sulking again, are you? Well, I have a surprise for you! I have been back to see Mr. Deer, to complain about what he sold me.
<Another pause of about ten seconds.>
SCP-X-3-Prime: He asked that I mention him to you by name. He said you would know him. I see that is not enough to get you to respond to me, so I shall follow the instructions he gave me to adjust this so I may talk to someone else. If you will not provide me with the answers I seek, then perhaps another will.
<SCP-X-3-Prime stops speaking, but various noises can be heard in the background, as of items being moved around. SCP-X-3-Prime can be heard muttering, although no particular words are audible. This continues for approximately one minute and twenty seconds.>
SCP-X-3-Prime: This is your last chance. Will you tell me the medicines I need today?
<A pause of six seconds.>
SCP-X-3-Prime: Fine. You will not hear from me again. I will seek knowledge where there is a greater quantity of it.
Shortly following this manifestation, the first recorded Delta Event occurred, and SCP-X-1 stopped producing any manifestations. It was considered neutralised until reports reached the Foundation 16 days later of a similar phenomenon which had spontaneously appeared in the [REDACTED] Meeting House in the nearby city of █████████ during a monthly meeting of the ████ ██████ Homeopathy Society. Containment was moved to this location and proceeded as before, until another Delta Event occurred on ██/██/201█ and SCP-X-1 shifted to the larger city of ███████, interrupting a meeting of the National Botanist Convention.
It was at this point that an exception to Foundation Policy 713 (Anomalous Object Appeasement) was received from O5-█ and Protocol X-Oracle was developed. As a contingency, a protocol to lure SCP-X back into containment if it should breach again was developed, codenamed Protocol X-Covenant. Since this time, it has been necessary to enact Protocol X-Covenant only once, with the appearance of an annual meeting of local Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners, which caused the shift to current containment location as expected.
Item #: SCP-X
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-X are to be stored at the Site-25 Low Security Morgue whilst inactive. Active instances should be stored in standard humanoid containment chambers and treated as appropriate for their apparent age and condition with regard to feeding and medical care. Activation of SCP-X instances is only permitted in test scenarios; for testing approval, contact the Site Director of Testing.
Description: SCP-X is a collection of five humanoid entities, individually designated SCP-X-1 through -7 (SCP-X-2 and -4 neutralised during testing). An SCP-X instance is indistinguishable from the corpse of a human who has just expired from cardiac arrest: body temperature remains at human average and rigor mortis is not in effect. Instances of SCP-X will remain in this state indefinitely unless activated by the procedure described below.
SCP-X instances all possess a microchip measuring 14mm x 12mm attached to the spinal cord 10mm below the skin in the nape of the neck. It is attached to the spinal column by a series of microscopic gold wires, which extend into the spinal cord and upwards into large portions of the brain. Removal of this microchip has caused permanent neutralisation of anomalous effects, despite attempts to reinsert it. It is believed that this is due to the connections made between the chip and SCP-X neural matter being too fine to re-establish by current Foundation methods. Testing on samples of SCP-X neural matter has shown that 87% of neurons within the body contain statistically significant amounts of gold.
If a living human finger touches the area on the back of the neck of an SCP-X instance directly above the microchip, the instance will activate. No effect was observed in a microchip outside of an SCP-X instance, even when placed into a similar position in other humans or organisms. Repeating this process on an active instance of SCP-X will cause deactivation.
Active instances of SCP-X resemble living humans, and possess similar bodily functions, although those affecting appearance (hair and nail growth, aging, etc) do not appear to be functioning. While they do not require any food, water, or oxygen, they will process them as expected if provided, and will show signs of psychological distress consistent with non-anomalous humans if denied these.
Any physical trauma or pathogenic activity inflicted on SCP-X instances will heal as normal for a human whether the instance is currently active or inactive; lethal trauma will cause the instance to deactivate, or become permanently neutralised if somatic integrity is sufficiently compromised. SCP-X instances have demonstrated no ability to regrow missing tissue or regenerate limbs beyond that of a normal human.
Active SCP-X instances believe that they are ordinary human beings that have been transported to their present location through means unknown to them. They are unaware of their anomalous properties, and if presented with evidence of them, will often react with surprise and distress. Each instance of SCP-X has a unique appearance, personality, and set of memories (see Addendum X-A for more details). Memories are accumulated as normal after activation, but do not persist after deactivation and subsequent reactivation.
SCP-X instances uniformly manifest the same personality every time they are activated, although deviations have been recorded between the memories of the instances between activations. In addition, these memories frequently deviate from reality to a greater or lesser extent. For example, SCP-X-1 will sometimes claim his side won the battle in which he fought, and other times lost; the affiliation and nature of the enemy against which he was fighting varies frequently as well.
Addendum X-A: List of SCP-X Instances
Designation | Self Identification | Description | Notes |
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SCP-X-1 | Harald Erikson | Male, approximately 35 years of age. Caucasian with red hair and green eyes. Notably muscled and physically strong. | Communicates in Old English. Claims to have come from the aftermath of a battle in 11th Century England. Extremely uncooperative. |
SCP-X-2 | Unknown | Female, approximately 20 years of age. African appearance with black hair and brown eyes. | Subject continually displays signs of severe terror, and is either unwilling or unable to communicate with personnel. Occasionally voices utterances in no known language. Neutralised following testing of limit of SCP-X to regenerate after trauma. Remains incinerated individually after confirmation of lack of anomalous properties. |
SCP-X-3 | Georgie O'Sullivan | Male, 22 years of age. Caucasian with blonde hair and blue eyes. Androgynous and skinny in appearance. | Claims to originate in California, USA, 1997. Instantly capitulates to any demand made; however, use as source of information diminished by tendency to answer any question with 'Whatever you want me to say.' |
SCP-X-4 | Unknown | Male, approximately 30 years of age. Japanese with black hair and brown eyes. | Immediately upon activation, attempts to commit suicide by any means available. Due to this, was selected as subject for experimentation with removal of microchip. Following removal, subject behaved as normal human cadaver, with rigor mortis and decay of bodily tissue as expected. Remains since incinerated. |
SCP-X-5 | Sorcia Moon | Female, 26 years of age. Caucasian with shaved hair and green eyes. Athletic appearance, many facial and bodily tattoos and piercings. | Claims to originate in London, England, 1983. Extremely friendly and helpful towards all female employees; hostile and aggressive towards any male. Will cease all other activity in an attempt to attack any present males. |
SCP-X-6 | Mo Sam Ben Jak | Male, 7 years of age. Caucasian with blonde hair and blue eyes. Unremarkable in appearance. | Claims to originate from [REDACTED]. Potential use as information source to guide future Foundation activity limited by lack of specific knowledge and suspected Autistic Spectrum Disorder. |
SCP-X-7 | Lukas Komorowski | Male, 48 years of age. Caucasian with brown hair and olive eyes. Large moustache. | Unwilling to describe origins, presumed relatively contemporary Poland due to language spoken. Commanding and authoritative in tone, refusing to answer questions and instead demanding answers. When activated, malignant cancerous tumours manifest in bowel and left lung within two weeks; if untreated, these prove fatal to subject within four months. Tumours demanifest within five days of deactivation. |
Addendum X-B: Circumstances of discovery
SCP-X-1 through -7 were discovered in wooden crates in a warehouse in Clapham, London, following the seizure of assets of ███████████ Ltd., an automotive parts company, after its liquidation. As the company has been investigated thoroughly and shows no signs of anomalous activity or any records of the crates, it is currently believed they were dumped there some time between the abandonment of the warehouse and its seizure.
Police initially believed SCP-X to be human remains of murder victims until the primary anomalous effects were discovered when a coroner accidentally activated SCP-X-1 during autopsy. Foundation agents embedded in the Metropolitan Police discovered the anomaly, and standard amnestic and disinformation tactics were successful in suppressing knowledge of the incident.
Addendum X-C: Sample Recovered Documentation
The following document was discovered inside the crate containing SCP-X-6. Similar documents were found inside the other crates.
SoulSearch PLC Returned Item Processing Form (02/39)
Order No.: 1536
Customer No.: CS387
Container Description: M/7 HUMAN Type 12
Parameter Service Level: Bronze
Reason for Return: 08C (Unwanted facet discovered)
CSO Decision: Refund approved
CSO Comments: Customer failed to specify sufficient SS criteria; item received with unwanted extra facets. Refund approved, but watch account for further activity. Suggest if future orders received that Diamond Service be offered as opportunity to ensure desired item is delivered 100%.
Efforts to identify and locate the company named in the documentation has been so far unsuccessful.
- Athena_Grey
- Riemann
- Azzleflux
- ksaid
Example effects of SCP-X |
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Item #: SCP-X
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-X-1 is stored in Standard Small Items Containment Chamber B5129 in Sector-23, and must be kept covered by an opaque cloth in all non-testing scenarios.
SCP-X-2 has been transcribed in Document X-α, stored in Hazardous File Server 23. Any instances of SCP-X-2 discovered outside of containment are to be destroyed immediately.
No personnel should be exposed to both SCP-X-1 and SCP-X-2 except in testing scenarios.
Description: SCP-X-1 is an acrylic on canvas painting, measuring 1.6 metres by 1 metre, depicting a number of consumer companies and their relationships to each other. Each company is represented a graphic, typically a logo or wordmark, and a system of arrows is used to indicate one company owning a controlling interest in another. 87% of these portrayed relationships were accurate at the estimated time of creation, and of these a further 4% have since become incorrect; despite this, the anomalous effects of the item remain unchanged since first discovery.
SCP-X-2 is a short passage of English-language text intended by the artist to be displayed alongside SCP-X-1. See Addendum X-B for a transcription.
The anomalous effect of SCP-X occurs when SCP-X-1 is viewed and SCP-X-2 is comprehended. Any length of time may pass between these two events without affecting the immediate trigger time of SCP-X.
Once an individual (hereafter 'subject') has been successfully affected by SCP-X, any transaction completed by the subject which results in a registered company receiving money from the subject will cause a representation of the logo or wordmark of said company to appear in some location on the epidermis of the subject as if burned in by hot metal. These burns are small, typically only 150-250mm2 at first iteration, and will behave in a manner identical to a first-degree burn from a hot metal object.
In addition, a burn will also appear for every parent or holding company of the company to which the subject initially gave money, with a delay apparently corresponding to the time taken for the earnings from the subject to propagate to the parent or holding company. Small company logos tend to appear in relatively inconspicuous areas, such as the inside of arms, and larger companies, especially when parent to a number of other companies, in more prominent areas.
The effects of SCP-X do not diminish with time. Every new transaction will cause a new burn to appear on the subject; if the subject already has a burn or scar on their person representing the company, it will disappear and a new burn of a slightly (3-5%) larger size and greater severity will occur in its place. After approximately 5 iterations, these burns will approach second-degree severity.
Addendum X-A: On ██/█/████, MTF Omega-12 raided the house of George Whitby, believed to have been the artist behind SCP-X, based on information gathered from the admissions manager of the ████ ██████ art gallery. Inside were numerous finished and unfinished works of art of a similar theme to SCP-X, but none were found to display any anomalous effects.
A corpse, determined by matching dental records to be that of George Whitby, was also discovered within the apartment. Healed, partially healed, and inflamed third degree burns covered 92% of the body, and cause of death was determined to be sepsis from a large infected burn wound on the forehead in the shape of the ██████ power company.
Addendum X-B: Transcription of SCP-X-2
Capitalism is all around you: you know that. We all know now that the greedy 1% of the world population owns 99% of its wealth and how the bankers have destroyed this country with their 'spend spend spend' mindset. We know how the governments are all in cahoots with the rich and the infamous. Or should that be unfamous? Do you know ████ ██████████? No? Well he owns £█.█ billion - and he's best friends with the Prime Minister.
But do you know how many of the things you buy, things you eat, things you wear, things you use are owned all by the same handful of companies? That's right! You think you're eating organic, buying Fairtrade, being oh-so-ethical! I bet you haven't even heard of these companies. You don't even know their logos.
You will now.
- Roget
- Dmatix
- Cerxi (image!)
- Sciurus
- tahunu
SCP-X-1 in inactive state following Test X-20 |
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Item #: SCP-X
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Inactive SCP-X instances should be contained in standard locked storage boxes in Sector 37 of Site 19. Instances of SCP-X may only be activated for testing purposes; active state instances of SCP-X may be stored in containment quarters appropriate to their current form. Once testing is completed, instances of SCP-X must be returned to inactive state for long-term storage.
Update: As of ██/██/20██ (Incident X-γ), all testing of SCP-X is to be suspended until further notice, and no new objects shall be exposed to SCP-X. Identifying and containing additional instances, especially any which may be present in or around Foundation facilities, is considered an Epsilon-level priority.
Description: Inactive SCP-X instances are brown ovoids 35 centimetres in length and 15 centimetres in diameter composed of a number of previously unknown compounds analogous to common terrestrial biochemicals. The outer 'skin' of SCP-X resembles chitin, and the interior is a homogeneous colloid similar to intra-cellular fluid. Two appendages similar in appearance to arthropod legs emerge from either side of the main body.
Whilst inactive, instances of SCP-X will slowly drag themselves around their containment areas, and have on occasion been observed making scraping motions against containment walls; these have not left any mark whatever on the steel of standard containers. Inactive instances of SCP-X do not appear to require any form of sustenance.
An instance of SCP-X will enter its active state when presented with direct line-of-sight on a sufficiently complex moving object. Through an unknown means, the instance of SCP-X will entirely alter its composition and appearance to exactly match the object with which it has been presented, a process which always takes just over 3 seconds.
The criteria SCP-X use to judge whether to replicate an object is not known: moving pictures on a screen have not been replicated, but moving inanimate objects such as wind-up toys have been replicated. SCP-X will always replicate members of the animal kingdom. If presented with multiple replicable objects, SCP-X will replicate the object with closest proximity to its geometric centre.
After replicating, SCP-X will be unable to replicate another object for a period of time just over 16 minutes in length. Once this recovery phase is over, if presented with a new replicable object, an instance of SCP-X will immediately change to replicate the new object.
SCP-X instances in an active state have the same life requirements (if applicable) as the original object, but may, if sustained, remain in this state indefinitely. Once an SCP-X instance has replicated an object, it is identical in every measurable aspect to the original. This includes DNA, skin markings such as coat pattern and fingerprints, and memories and personality. See interview logs for information on experience of human subjects.
Active SCP-X instances will react precisely as the object which they have replicated to all stimuli, and will suffer damage or wounding as normal. However, if it is completely incapacitated (or killed, if an animal has been replicated), an instance of SCP-X will return to its inactive state, and be unable to replicate again for approximately 16 minutes. The process of returning to inactive state lasts exactly the same time as transition to active state. Damage dealt to the replicated form may still be present in the inactive state, but will gradually disappear during the recovery phase. Once the recovery phase is over, the instance of SCP-X will then replicate as normal if exposed to a new object.
Addendum X-A: selected test logs
Test number: X-20
Object presented: Male Rattus norvegicus, 6 weeks old.
Test aim: Determine the ability of SCP-X to recover from damage.Result: SCP-X-1 replicates the subject. Left foreleg of SCP-X-1 is removed, and SCP-X-1 is terminated by incineration. Inactive state of SCP-X-1 is observed to be heavily charred, and missing one of its appendages. Missing limb regrows and burn damage heals over the course of the recovery phase. Notably, removed limb does not revert and decays as expected for rodent tissue.
Test number: X-34
Object presented: ███████ brand toy in the shape of a duck, powered by clockwork.
Test aim: Determine the extent to which SCP-X can replicate mechanical objects.Result: SCP-X-1 is presented with immobile toy, and does not replicate. Toy is removed, wound up, and presented to SCP-X-1 in motion. SCP-X-1 replicates the toy and moves in an identical fashion along the same vectors.
Test number: X-52
Object presented: D-90124
Test aim: Determine the effects of SCP-X on humans.Result: SCP-X-1 replicates the subject, including clothing. For more details, see Interview Log X-52.
Test number: X-75
Subject involved: D-90124 (subject of Test X-52; ██ days after initial exposure)
Test aim: Determine the long-term effects of exposure to SCP-X.Result: [REDACTED; CLEARANCE 4/X SEE ADDENDUM X-C]
Interviewed: D-90124, subject of Test X-52
Interviewer: Researcher GrantResearcher Grant: Good morning, D-90124. Please describe exactly what happened during Test X-52.
D-90124: Jesus Christ… that was fucking horrific. Just… how do you even have shit like that? Anyway. So, I'm taken out of my cell and it's testing time again. Tall guard comes to get me, uh, Asian or something, he hates me. Took me a couple of weeks ago to have this weird shit injected that turned my piss purple.
Researcher Grant: Please tell me what happened during the test, D-90124.
D-90124: Right, yeah, sorry. You don't give a shit about what I think about the guards, do you? Uh, so, I'm put in this like airlock, and they shut the door behind me. The other door opens, and I get a brief look at this thing on the floor - looks like a rugby ball, of all things - and then… it starts growing really quick. (D-90124 pauses.) I'm like 'Oh Jesus, what have they got for me now?' and then it grows like arms, and legs, and a head, and then it's got a mouth and it's screaming, so loudly. Then it falls forward and like three seconds later it's a man on the floor on his hands and knees.
Researcher Grant: What happened then?
D-90124: Well, then it looked up. And it looks like me. Like almost exactly like me, but not quite. Just a tiny bit off. I'm like 'Oh my God what the fuck', and just can't say anything or even move, and suddenly it runs towards me. I dive the fuck out of the way, and it starts banging on the door shouting 'Let me out! That fucking thing's jumped me! I'm the real █████!' and then - Jesus, I actually nearly did shit myself here - the door opens and the thing goes through it! I'm like 'Fuck me, they're going to let that out and I'll be locked in here!' but then the door opens again and you come through the door. What did you do with that thing?
Researcher Grant: I'm afraid I cannot tell you that. Can you tell me anything more about the replication process? Did you feel anything whilst it occurred?
D-90124: Apart from, like, terrified? It was weird. It felt… it felt kinda like it took something from me. You know? Not anything like literally from me, it didn't touch me, but shit man.
Researcher Grant: Do you still feel like this?
D-90124: (shivers) It's like something's missing. I dunno what. Like a spark, or something. It's funny, it's almost like…
Researcher Grant: Like what?
D-90124: It's like it's more real than I am.
Note: post-testing psychoanalysis shows that D-90124 is suffering from sudden-onset major depressive disorder, a phenomenon which has occurred in less than 5% of other test subjects. It is believed that this is not a direct result of SCP-X's anomalous effect, but rather a psychological response to the trauma.
D-90124 is placed into solitary confinement to study the long-term effects of SCP-X exposure, if any. See Test X-75.
Interviewed: SCP-X-1, immediately after Test X-52.
Interviewer: Agent RajeshAgent Rajesh: Tell me what just happened.
SCP-X-1: How the fuck do I know what happened?
Agent Rajesh: Answer the question, or I am authorised to terminate you.
SCP-X-1: Jesus… always hated me, didn't you? Right, fuck, okay. So you show me into the cell, right? And there's this weird fucking rugby ball thing sitting on the floor. Next thing I know, it feels like my whole fucking body is, like, on fire. Like, the worst pain I've ever felt, so I sort of fall to my hands and knees. Then just like that, the pain's gone, and I look up, and there's this fucking thing that looks just like me standing over me. Well - not exactly like me, it looked just slightly off, you know? Slightly wrong. Christ. My first thought is 'Oh shit, they're gonna think that's me', so I run over to the door, and start banging on it, like 'Let me out! That fucking thing's jumped me! I'm the real █████!' I tell you, I was fucking glad that door opened! I was even pleased to see you… man, I was petrified you were gonna leave me in there. What're you gonna do with that thing now it looks like me?
Agent Rajesh: I don't need to tell you that. Describe the transformation process in more detail.
SCP-X-1: I already did. It fucking hurt. What more do you want me to say? And what's with all of this shit, anyway? (SCP-X-1 indicates the sheet of reinforced glass separating it from the interviewing agent and the cuffs securing it to its chair.)
Agent Rajesh: It is necessary for the safety of the facility.
SCP-X-1: No, it fucking isn't! The safety of your fucking facility never depended on all this before! Hell, I'm probably safer than your facility; I'm not the one with shit like that cloning rugby ball locked up inside me!
Agent Rajesh: You will be terminated if you refuse to co-operate. This is standard procedure.
SCP-X-1: Standard… what do you think I'm going to do? You showed the skip to me, not… holy fuck, you think I'm the skip, don't you? It's tricked you! I'm fucking real! I am! I'm █████ ████████, D-90124, my mother's name is ████ ████████, N.I. No. ██ ██-██-██-█, I went to school at [REDACTED], two weeks ago you injected me with SCP-fucking-████ and I pissed purple, I'm - I'm -
Note: at this point, SCP-X-1 began to enter its active state and replicate Agent Rajesh. The agent was able to terminate SCP-X-1 with by triggering the Dangerous Interviewee Chamber fail-safe, successfully returning it to inactive state.
Test number: X-75
Subject involved: D-90124 (subject of Test X-52; █ months after initial exposure)
Test aim: Determine the long-term effects of exposure to SCP-X.Result: D-90124 developed sudden-onset major depressive disorder immediately following the events of Test X-52; this was hypothesised to be due to psychological trauma and not anomalous SCP-X effect. Psychotherapy delivered via video communication during solitary confinement proved moderately effective.
After a period of ███ days in solitary confinement with no display of any anomalous effects, D-90124 was removed from confinement and a comprehensive series of tests were performed, all of which corroborated absence of anomalous effect. D-90124 was administered Class-C amnestics, which were incidentally effective in treating the major depressive disorder, and returned to normal rotation.
Four days later, during work with SCP-████, D-90124 sustained severe injuries, and later expired in Medical Wing ██; following this, D-90124 began transition into a new instance of SCP-X. New instance is designated SCP-X-2 and contained separately to SCP-X-1.
Warscribe
Nikolaus
Royalwolf
Bunton
TwistedGears
Elysia chlorotica in advanced stage of SCP-X infestation |
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Item #: SCP-X
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Several species of sacoglossa ('sap-sucking sea slugs') infested with SCP-X are contained in a sealed aquarium in Biosite-27; species contained include Elysia chlorotica, E. crispate, E. ornata, and Oxynoe olivacea. This aquarium contains sufficient levels of SCP-X and other algae to make it an effective microcosm, and, as such, it requires only light to continue to exist in stability. Light is provided by standard overhead fluorescent lighting.
The aquarium must not be opened under any circumstances, but provided this does not occur, it is perfectly safe for staff to observe the sacoglossa contained within for research or recreation purposes.
It is believed that all living colonies of SCP-X outside of Foundation containment have been eliminated, but MTF Theta-32 ('Sluggers') are to monitor the seas and sacoglossa population around eastern Australia, and are authorised to disperse Aquatic Herbicide X-7 if necessary.
Any detected outbreaks of SCP-X must be quarantined immediately, infested hosts contained or destroyed, and Aquatic Herbicide X-7 introduced into the water supply of the local area.
Description: SCP-X is a hitherto-undiscovered species alga bearing a strong similarity to Vaucheria litorea, which grew in large colonies in the seas around eastern Australia until Foundation discovery in 19██.
When consumed by a living organism, SCP-X will resist digestion, and instead burrow through the lining of the stomach and small intestine via an unknown means, and migrate towards the organism's skin. This process can cause some mild irritation to the digestive system, but is not typically severe enough in humans that host organisms will seek medical attention.
Once in the epidermis, the SCP-X will begin to photosynthesise, and multiply at a rate of approximately 1.74 divisions per day. Higher light intensities to infested skin will increase this rate; see Document X-3 for division rate tables. Once SCP-X reaches a density ratio of 1 alga per 50 dermal cells, the algae will begin to insert themselves into the host's skin cells.
At this stage, the sugars produced by the photosynthesising SCP-X instances will enter the host organism's bloody supply, in exchange for various trace elements, such as calcium and phosphorous, and iron. SCP-X will now proliferate rapidly, until the host's skin has taken on a noticeable green hue.
Hosts in this advanced stage of SCP-X infestation will often begin to eat less and less of their normal diet, as the sugars produced by SCP-X provide enough sustenance. This is accompanied by a change in behaviour to spend as much time in light intensive areas, a slower pace of life, and, as reported in human hosts, a sense of peace. Urine and faeces produced by the hosts will contain large quantities of SCP-X, and, as such, must be considered a Level-☣3 Biohazard.
SCP-X-1 |
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Item #: SCP-X
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-X is temporarily contained on-site until a more permanent method of containment is found. As components of SCP-X do not exhibit anomalous effects when removed, even if reattached, relocation of SCP-X is not considered feasible at this time. Temporary containment measures consist of standard, 3 metre high, construction area fencing around the perimeter around SCP-X. The area should be patrolled by no fewer than 3 guards at any one time, under the cover of construction workers.
Due to the anomalous effects of SCP-X, it is currently believed highly unlikely that these containment measures will fail; however, the urban location of SCP-X makes an off-site, permanent containment considerably more desirable.
Update: As of the events of ██/██/2013, designated Incident-X-α, all exploration of SCP-X is suspended. See Addendum X-b.
Description: SCP-X is a set of playground equipment located in the London borough of ██████, in a small open grassy area. It consists of three main pieces, designated SCP-X-1 through -3.
SCP-X-1 is the largest piece of equipment, and comprises two wooden towers approximately 2.5 metres in height, connected by a bridge composed of wooden slats laid across a base of iron chains. A chute 3 metres in length extends from one of the towers. SCP-X-2 is a set of 'monkey bars': a wooden frame 5 metres in length and 1 metre in width, with regularly-spaced metal hoops for swinging along. SCP-X-3 is a pair of wooden swings suspended from a wooden frame by rope. For a more detailed description, and photographs of all equipment, see Document-X-5.
SCP-X's anomalous effects present themselves when any of the structures are interacted with by persons under the age of 16, who universally find the play equipment much more intimidating than it is in actuality. The perceived safety and desirability of the equipment is in inverse proportion to the age of the perceiver: persons approaching the age of 16 view it with only a little suspicion, and younger children experience extreme terror when observing SCP-X. These effects extend to moving and static images of the equipment, although with diminished effect. See Test X-A through -H for interview logs and test results.
Addendum X-a: Thorough investigation of material samples taken SCP-X have revealed that all of its surfaces present above the ground are coated in a thin layer of a an unidentified substance, in patterns which suggest it is the remnants of a liquid applied to the equipment which has since dried. This substance consists primarily (82%) of urea, with the remainder taken up by a variety of unidentified biochemical.
Exploratory testing was authorised for ██/██/2013 using D-8413 as a test subject, supervised by Researcher Grant. D-8413 was chosen for the genetic conditions he is afflicted with, which have given him an approximated mental age of 6 years, and for his tractability and obedience. Previous testing (see Test X-G for details) determined that he was affected by SCP-X's effects. D-8413 is equipped with a two-way communication headset.
D-8413: Where are we going?
Researcher Grant: We're going to a play park.
D-8413: Can I play?
Researcher Grant: There's just a couple of small things we want you to do first, and then you can play as much as you like.
D-8413 is led through the perimeter and towards SCP-X. He appears unsettled by SCP-X and requires a reasonable amount of convincing to climb up on to SCP-X-1. He remarks upon the height of it, and how long it will take him to get to the top. It takes him 17 seconds to reach the first platform of SCP-X-1.
D-8413: (shouting) Wow, that took a long time! You guys are so far down! It's really cold up here!
Note: ambient air temperature is 18°C. D-8413 is perfectly audible, even without the communication headset.
Researcher Grant: You don’t need to shout. We can hear you through the headset. Well done for climbing all the way up! I'm going to pass you up a tape measure, I want you to hold on it, and then tell me what the number says. Okay?
D-8413: (still shouting) How will you get it - oh. Okay. Um… the little red number says… a '2', and then a '3', then a '8'.
Researcher Grant: They're all red? Not just the 2?
D-8413: They're all red.
Note: this appears to indicate that the platform of SCP-X-1 is 238 metres in height.
D-8413: Can I come down now? It's really scary up here. It really smells. And there’s all this sticky greeny brown stuff.
Researcher Grant: Not just yet. Can you cross over the bridge to the other platform, please?
D-8413: The bridge? It's really broken. All the bits of wood are missing.
Researcher Grant: It's definitely safe, D-8413. Please cross.
D-8413 begins to very slowly cross the bridge. At approximately a third of the way across the bridge, he stops, and looks nervously over his shoulder.
D-8413: I don't like this. I'm going to crawl. It's safer.
D-8413 gets on to his hands and knees. Halfway across the bridge, he stops.
D-8413: Stop shaking the bridge, you guys. It's not funny. It's scary.
Researcher Grant: We are not shaking the bridge, D-8413. You are completely safe. Please continue to the other side.
D-8413 does not respond, and starts rocking from side to side, making the bridge shake slightly.
Researcher Grant: D-8413?
D-8413 does not respond.
Researcher Grant: D-8413, please respond. You may return back across the bridge, if you like.
D-8413 still does not respond, and resumes rocking faster and faster, until the motion is sufficient for him to fall off the bridge on to the sandy floor beneath. His body impacts the floor with a much greater force than expected. Testing confirms that D-8413 has deceased, and cause of death is determined to be blunt force trauma consistent with a fall from over 200 metres in height.