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- SCP-4000: To Usher Chaos
- Taj Mahal, White and Black
- Ijaminya-shogun (イジャミーニャ将軍)
- Doomsday Sandbox
- Project Denshi-keisanki, Go-Jindai 64
- Kaiju Collab References
- 三明治天皇 (sān míng zhì tiān huáng)
- GRU-P casefile "NE-RUS"
- Rite of Ayers
- Tacked On
- 刑天道
- Attribution
I found this document from within a hidden compartment on the desk in the office of O5-2, my new office. I heard that desk has quite a bit of history, being with the Foundation since the 1st iteration of the Council.
But enough of that desk. The document's more intriguing.
It's handwritten with red markings on it. A discarded draft perhaps?
SCP-4000?! Oh, I've seen that one on RAISA once. The Engine, a cognitohazardous mechanical engine that gave the Nazis designs for their wunderwaffe, and even caused several Foundation agents to defect and form what is now the Chaos Insurgency. But this document's contents…
Item #: SCP-4000
Object Class: Lucifer It's always Keter
Clearance Designation: Level 5
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4000 is currently under the custody of the Chaos Insurgency. All efforts are to be made in order to secure SCP-4000. While it is known to be a fixed structure located in Larissa, Greece, as a possible measure devised by the Chaos Insurgency, SCP-4000 might have been transported to a location unknown to the Foundation.
All anomalous technology utilised by the Chaos Insurgency are to be analysed for signs related to SCP-4000. All personnel belonging to the Chaos Insurgency's Delta Command are to be apprehended alive, and subjected to interrogation. We don't need interrogation. Their MO is a perversion of my former beliefs, unnaturally rushing the course of Nature's descent to entropy. The Engine simply provided a roadmap to the rightful course of the world's decline.
Description: SCP-4000 is an immobile metal computational device with the dimensions of 10 m x 10 m x 5 m, located in Larissa, Greece. While currently held by the Chaos Insurgency, SCP-4000 was originally under the custody of SS Ahnernerbe, who are believed to be creators of the device. We already discussed this. Nine's testimonial and preliminary findings have suggested that the device might have a component similar to reality anchors. The Engine and us, remnants from the same world. Think of the implications!
Due to SCP-4000's size, its computational capacity is believed to be exponentially higher than the expected scope of the Analytical Engine. However, SCP-4000 lacks the conventional output mechanisms found in non-anomalous computational device.
SCP-4000 is believed to have a cognitohazardous effect on humans within close proximity to the structure, causing symptoms such as veneration of SCP-4000 as an eschatological figure and a desire to use it and the information generated by it. It is believed to have caused the defection of ██ Foundation personnel, who would later become the initial members of the Chaos Insurgency. Due to SCP-4000's cognitohazardous effect, detailed studies of said effect is not possible. There's no cognitohazard. They willingly chose to restore the world that was torn by the True Fifth Occult War. They're very brave for choosing the truth, but fools all the same.
SCP-4000 is capable of transmitting information to one human subjected to its cognitohazardous effect (hereon referred to as 'subject' or 'Engineer' in Chaos Insurgency parlance). The basis in which the subject is selected is unknown, although physical contact between the subject and SCP-4000 is not necessary. The subject functions as an output mechanism for SCP-4000, consistently producing information analysed by SCP-4000. This is achieved through utterance of speech and production of writings, in languages and writing systems the subject would have known or otherwise.
The information produced by SCP-4000 notably pertain to anomalous weaponry, which were then manufactured by Germany during World War II and subsequently contained as SCP objects by the Foundation. Known examples include SCP-044. What about the radios from those civilians in Mekhanist Europe and Daevite-occupied Russia!? Maybe reality did not change, but it continued on. How can we ignore that? But I guess the Insurgency did not ignore it, despite their foolish methods.
Transmission of information to the subject continues until cessation of the subject's bodily functions, after which a new subject will be selected. As such, a subject often remains alive for two days on average prior to starvation. The Foundation utilised SCP-████ to prolong a given subject's lifespan by up to █ years.
Disinterested, I folded the document and torn it in half. Each half found its way in a nearby dustbin. The document's contents were nothing truly revolutionary, and it's rather outdated.
We've already contained the Daevites, who have no place in the current scheme of things and will only a liability to the current state of the world. The Mekhanists still have relevance for now, but when they need to be culled or contained, we will abide.
It is all in accordance to the declarations of the Engine.
Item #: SCP-#
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Due to the high public profile of the Taj Mahal, containment of the site from public access is deemed infeasible. Chambers and areas associated with SCP-# are to be denied public access, with reasons such as infrastructure deterioration as justification to denial of public access. Personnel are to be dispatched to the Taj Mahal on a biweekly basis to inspect all areas associated with SCP-# and other areas within the Taj Mahal, the latter of which is to locate new manifestations of SCP-#. If identified, those areas will be denied public access.
If SCP-# has manifested in over 50% of the Taj Mahal, the entire site is to be closed from public access.
Description: SCP-# refers to two locations in the Taj Mahal,1 an ivory-white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Said locations are classified accordingly as SCP-#-A and SCP-#-B.
SCP-#-A is an underground chamber located ██ metres directly underneath the tomb chamber, and it is entirely constructed from ivory-white marble. The chamber primarily contains a carved inscription of the word 'Jannah' in Urdu, likely referring to the paradisiacal abode according to Islamic theology. Other than said inscription, it has no other distinguishable features or items placed in it.
SCP-#-A's anomalous effect occurs when a human is placed inside the chamber for at least five seconds continuously (hereon referred to as 'subject'). The subject will lose consciousness and expire. Cause of death is consistently multiple organ failure, particularly of the heart and brain. No injury is identified on any known subject's body. Autopsy of ██% of subjects has identified an increment in dopamine production in the brain.
SCP-#-B is a window in the Taj Mahal that faces the nearby Yamuna River. Humans who look out towards the Yamuna River through SCP-#-B (hereon referred to as 'observers') will consistently report to have seen a visual illusion of a black structure resembling the Taj Mahal. Other notable features of the visual illusion include a red-tinted sky, the Yamuna River comprising of magma, and the lack of vegetation and other lifeforms.
Observers will consistently attempt to reproduce said structure and/or images depicting it when said observers are positioned opposite of the Taj Mahal from across the Yamuna River. Reproductions of the black structure are non-anomalous. Additionally, █% of observers will gradually express increased interest (to varying degrees) in topics such as Indo-Persian architecture and Islamic theology.
SCP-#-A and SCP-#-B were originally discovered by officials in the government of British India, as part of the restoration project ordered by viceroy Lord Curzon. The Foundation was later allowed the right of monopoly to those areas, which has been affirmed by the current Government of India.
Addendum #-1: The black structure visible through SCP-#-B is widely hypothesised to be the so-called "Black Taj Mahal", supposedly a black marble mausoleum planned to be constructed across the Yamuna River and opposite of the Taj Mahal. Whist dismissed as a legend by contemporary scholars, various documents (privy to the Foundation) have alluded to plans regarding a Black Taj Mahal.
The following excerpts have been translated from Urdu, and commentary from Dr. Hussein Shah is provided in the adjacent column.
Item #: SCP-#
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: All print documents featuring SCP-# are to be stored in secure lockers at Site-44. All digital media featuring SCP-# are to be stored in an isolated server farm housed at Site-44.
Images of SCP-# are not to be uploaded into Foundation documentations of SCP-#. A complete detailed description of SCP-# is not to be provided.
Civilians who have produced and seen any media that have depicted SCP-# are to be administrated Class A amnestics.
Description: SCP-# is a yuru-kyara2 named "Ijaminya-shogun" ('General Ijaminya). Its design consists of a humanoid with female bodily features (e.g. breasts) and feline bodily features (e.g. cat ears and cat tail), styled similar to the catgirl character trope featured in Japanese popular culture. Its attire consists of a mixture of scientist motifs (e.g. lab coat and spectacles) and military motifs (e.g. katana, collar insignia of an Imperial Japanese Army [IJA] general). The etymology of 'Ijaminya' is speculated to be a portmanteau of 'IJAMEA' (based on its phonetic spelling) and 'nya' (a Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat's sounds).
SCP-#'s anomalous effect is evoked when it is depicted via cosplay. Humans cosplaying as SCP-# will re-identify themselves as "Ijamiyan-shogun", and have no memory of their original personality or history. Affected persons will commonly comment on contemporary and historic anomalous phenomena occurring in Japan.
SCP-# was discovered in Tokyo, Japan on ██/██/2013, where a person affected by SCP-#'s effect was sighted harassing foreign nationals during the concurrent Comiket.3
Link to sandbox: http://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/collab:wrong-ch00bakka-stormfallen
Link to entry: http://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/mrwrong
I am Morinaga Saito, leader of the Motoori Society, a sub-faction under the IJAMEA Faction of the Thearchial Rule Assistance Association. In this recording, I will be narrating the purpose, employed assets, and results of Project Denshi-keisanki, which was executed in the sixty-fourth year of the Later Age of the Gods.
The purpose of Project Densh-keisanki is to spread the newly invented keitai nyoi-hōju to other countries in the region of East Asia. The keitai nyoi-hōju is a mass-produced version the nyoi-hōju, a sapient bronze sphere that stored information from the Ancient Age of the Gods. The nyoi-hōju was recovered by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during their Korean campaign in many centuries past, and later stored in the Seimei Gallery. It fell into the hands of the SCP Foundation after the end of the Greater East Asia War, although it was recovered by the IJAMEA Faction during the Go-Jindai Restoration. Coupled with more contemporary technology, the nyoi-hōju was able to be mass produced.
While the nyoi-hōju is originally a sphere that is best held by two human hands, the keitai nyoi-hōju can be worn as an accessary on any part of the human body, even replacing a human organ. It is as its name suggests, and it is a useful invention widely used throughout the Oyashima Thearchy. It has allowed the Yamato people of Oyashima to have some semblance of normal life following the many changes brought forth by the gods, such as the prohibition against all forms of written scripts. In fact, in compliance to that exact decree, the written script that was present in the original nyoi-hōju was removed amidst the mass production of the keitai nyoi-hōju. Despite such alterations, the /keitai nyoi-hōju is among one of the Therachy's greatest inventions.
It is the decision of the Motoori Society that such a wondrous invention cannot be hoarded away by our country. It must be shared with other countries, particularly the neighbouring countries of Ryukyu and Ainu Mosir. Those countries will be the first places to spread the keitai nyoi-hōju. If successful, it will spread further to other lands. And soon, the whole world can prosper under the innovation of a people shepherded by the gods.
Nevertheless, I will at least recognise that the purpose of Project Denshi-keisanki and its interference of foreign countries are against the wishes of both High-Heaven Throne and the Diet of the Eight Million. However, the Motoori Society stands by its mission of a peaceful spread of the Age of the Gods throughout the world. The current world is in excessive chaos; the gods must too be brought back to those other lands.
The assets required for Project Denshi-keisanki include two thousand units of keitai nyoi-hōju. Half of them will be delivered to Ryukyu, and the other half to Ainu Mosir. My subordinates in the Motoori Society have acquired control over the factories that produce keitai nyoi-hōju, and will see to mass production to fulfil the initial quotas set forth.
Other assets include two maritime transportation vessels. They will be used for travelling from Oyashima to both Ryukyu and Ainu Mosir, in order to deliver the keitai nyoi-hōju. Due to the prohibition on unauthorised travel to foreign countries, the maritime transportation will be obtained from the IJAMEA Faction's private storage. Each vessel will be equipped with Matsu Shield Generators, that allow us those vessels to safely travel through the kamikaze that has surrounded Oyashima's surrounding waters to defend against the Eternal Horde.
The results of Project Denshi-keisanki are as expected, in retrospection. The keitai nyoi-hōju were delivered to port cities of Usukeshi in Ainu Mosir and Naba in Ryukyu. Yamato residents of both Ainu Mosir and Ryukyu enjoyed the imported keitai nyoi-hōju, along with some members of the Ainu and Ryukyuan residents of their aforementioned homelands.
However, officials from Ainu Mosir and Ryukyu were wary towards the results brought forth by Project Denshi-keisanki. In Ainu Mosir, authorities of that country also confiscated keitai nyoi-hōju from civilians. However, informants from the Ainu Mosir government suggests that the Ainu Mosir government is planning to reconfigure language settings in confiscated keitai nyoi-hōju such that they can only use the Ainu language. That is not too unfortunate, for at least this means that the Ainu also desire to return to their Age of the Gods.
In Ryukyu, the Imperial Ryukyuan Abnormal Matters Examination Agency has confiscated almost all keitai nyoi-hōju from civilians in Ryukyu, often destroying them in the process. A representative of the Imperial Ryukyuan Abnormal Matters Examination Agency has lodged a complaint to the Oyashima Thearchy for violating Ryukyuan sovereignty.
Sadly, a side-effect of our efforts to export the keitai nyoi-hōju has made the Motoori Society into outlaws. And indeed, the Diet of the Eight Million has officially declared the actions of Project Denshi-keisanki to be an act conducted by human extremists. The Thearchial Rule Assistance Association and IJAMEA Faction General Staff have also abandoned us.
Although some among the Motoori Society wishes to fight for their lives, I find that futile. We should adhere to pacifism, as did our namesake Norinaga Motoori. Furthermore, Norinaga Motoori has made it clear that humans who defy the gods should not resist the gods' will. That is our fate. Not even seppuku can redeem us, as my vice-leader foolishly assumed. I have stopped him from the act.
On behalf of the Motoori Society, we submit ourselves to the judgment of the gods.
But we stand by the Motoori Society's cause of spreading the Age of the Gods to all lands. The excess chaos in other lands must cease. Whether you are a human who shares the ideas of the Motoori Society, or a member of the gods who is sympathetic to this cause, know that Oyashima can do good in this world. It is as just the old Japan has done, or so my grandfathers have claimed of old Japan's past.
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Reference Photo: Emperor Meiji of Japan
Item #: SCP-#
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: All three instances of SCP-# are to be held in individual containment chambers at Site-44. Temperature of each containment chamber is to be set at a value between 0 ºC and 4 ºC.
Description: SCP-# refers to three animate humanoid entities of identical properties, whose exterior consists of bread. Underneath a five centimetre layer of bread, the interior of SCP-# consists of an assortment of meat, vegetables, and eggs; all of which are safe for consumption. Due to the lack of sensory organs, movement is arbitrary. Average height and mass are 1.71 m and 69.6 kg respectively.
Humans who observe SCP-# will instead perceive it as Emperor Meiji of Japan (See Reference Photo), hereon termed as SCP-#'s 'perceived appearance'. The perceived appearance's 'mouth' are frequently observed to be moving in a delayed response to external stimuli. However, no sound is produced. Facial expressions observed on SCP-#'s perceived appearance are independent of its movements.
OSI "NE-RUS" DIVISION "P" DEPARTMENT III
APPROVED 4.III.2009 PRINTOUT NR: 1
SIGNED ................ S
DEPARTMENT HEAD III-P-9-GRU D.NR: 18-III-2009
RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL: Pytor N. Markov.
DETAIL: OSI "NE-RUS" is the designation of a radio wave transmitted on 26.II.2009 in Irkutsk Oblast. Source unknown.Designated object of special interest due to interactions with humans who perceive "NE-RUS" via the auditory system (hereon referred to as 'subjects'). Subjects display inability to recognise the concept of 'Russia' or related concepts, e.g. Russian language, Russian cuisine.
One known instance of "NE-RUS" transmitted; date 26.II.2009. Total number of civilians affected by "NE-RUS" is approximately 600,000. Affected civilians are listed as Russian citizens residing in Irkutsk Oblast. Due to "NE-RUS", affected civilians do not perceive themselves as Russian.
See Observation Log for details regarding the effects of "NE-RUS".
Proposed use:
(i) Projection of Russian cultural influence - PENDING. Source of "NE-RUS" must be identified, and reverse engineered to target non-Russian concepts.
OBSERVATION LOG DIVISION "P" DEPARTMENT II
8.III.2009 D.NR:
ATTACHED TO DOCUMENT 18-III-2009
Attached is transcript regarding the effects on "NE-RUS" on Russian citizens in the Irkutsk Oblast. Author is agent "VELES".V: In general, persons affected by "NE-RUS" display no knowledge of Russia. Prominently, this means that the affected parties in Irkutsk Oblast no longer identify themselves as Russian citizens or of Russian ethnicity (if applicable). Thus, affected subjects will perceive me as a foreigner when I approached them.
Notably, affected parties continue to display equal proficiency in Russian language at first. When explained that they are speaking the Russian language, affected persons display inability to perceive Russian language in conversation and writing.
The Southern Cross, an insignia used by the Australian Church of Australia in its capacity as a member organisation of the Horizon Initiative.
Item #: SCP-#
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The practice of SCP-# is permitted and regulated under the Alice Springs Accord.
Every year, during September, a Foundation personnel from the Department of External Affairs is to serve as liaison to the Australian Church of Australia (ACA),4 who will be notified when a subject is selected to conduct SCP-#. The liaison's duty is to observe SCP-#.
SCP-# may only be conducted at designated areas. Exhumation of participants of SCP-# is not authorised.
SCP-#-A instances which originated from recognised ACA members are to be buried within a 10 km radius of Uluru, and are not to be uprooted. SCP-#-A instances which originated from excommunicated ACA members are kept in individual secure lockers at Site-32.
Aerial shot of Uluru.
Description: SCP-# is a ritual conducted during the month of September within a 10 km radius of Uluru (a.k.a. Ayers Rock), a large sandstone rock located in the North Territory of Australia. The ritual is known as the Rite of Ayers among the ACA.
SCP-# requires the following:
- An ACA member who fulfils the following prerequisites (hereon referred to as 'subject'):
- Be a citizen of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- Must not be born within territories of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- Subject's biological mother must be deceased (cause of death must not be attributed to any ACA member).
- An accompanying ACA clergyman, attired in scrubs sterilised at least one hour prior to the occurrence of the ritual.
- A digging tool (typically a shovel).
The ritual consists of the following steps:
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | ACA clergyman is to dig an opening with dimensions approximated to those of the subject. |
| 2 | Subject is to enter the opening without any clothing or accessories, and lie down in a foetal position. |
| 3 | ACA clergyman is to bury the subject, while saying the word 'pull' as loud as possible. |
Following burial, the subject will gradually expire via asphyxiation. After expiration, the subject's fat and muscle tissues will gradually transform to a vermiform appendage emerging from the umbilicus (hereon referred to as 'SCP-#-A'). The length of a given SCP-#-A instance is directly proportionally to the amount of fat and muscle tissues in a given subject.
SCP-#-A is capable of underground locomotion via peristalsis, moving towards and eventually entering Uluru. If a given SCP-#-A instance is uprooted, it becomes inert until it is reburied within a 10 km radius of Uluru. It is unknown how SCP-#-A has awareness of its position.
Once an SCP-#-A instance is entirely inside Uluru, ground-penetrating radar indicates that it ceases all movement. Further research on SCP-#-A instances inside Uluru is not possible due to the Alice Springs Accord.
SCP-# was known to the Foundation on ██/██/████, following reports of anomalous attacks conducted against Anangu land owners near Uluru and Australian officials. These attacks were conducted by ACA members, who were supported by multiple instances of SCP-1515. Notably, these SCP-1515 instances appear to be coordinated by ACA members and displayed atypical willingness to attack non-pregnant personnel. Father Alice Springs II confirmed that certain ACA members have control over SCP-1515 instances, in the following statement:
That's Father Darwin's handiwork, who used the language of the False Wallabies to command the False Wallaby that attacked his pregnant wife to begone. He also summoned the False Wallabies against the Wolves5 before we joined the Horizon Initiative. It supposedly disrupted Horizon's activities in Australia to the point that the Tribunal was willing to negotiate with Primate Canberra.
The ACA's aggression is due to exhumation of SCP-#-A instances by Anangu land owners and Australian officials. The Foundation intervened to suppress the practice of SCP-# and the ACA's weaponisation of anomalous entities.
Amidst suppression of the ACA, the Horizon Initiative ceased concurrent negotiations regarding the creation of "Triumvirate".6 A memorandum issued by the Horizon Initiative's Tribunal revealed the ACA's affiliation with the former, and criticised the Foundation's suppression of SCP-# as a violation of "Triumvirate" negotiations.
The O5 Council agreed to permit regulated practice of SCP-#, citing the following reasons:
- The need to complete "Triumvirate" negotiation with the Horizon Initiative's involvement.
- Participants of SCP-# are individuals who are already aware of anomalous occurrences, and they perform the ritual out of their respective volitions.
In order to facilitate regulated practice of SCP-#, the Alice Springs Accord was established between the Foundation, Horizon Initiative (on behalf of ACA), Anangu land owners and the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage as signatories.
Addendum #-1: Excerpts from the Alice Springs Accord (Foundation version)
The Australian Church of Australia is to introduce and enforce the Doctrine of Surrogacy regarding the practice of SCP-#.
The Doctrine of Surrogacy is defined as the idea that a physical connection with Mother Australia is only permitted if the biological mother of a participant of SCP-# is deceased, and if the cause of death for the participant's biological mother is not attributed to any member of the Australian Church of Australia.
Participants of SCP-# who do not fulfil the Doctrine of Surrogacy are to be posthumously excommunicated from the Australian Church of Australia.
The Foundation is allowed custody over all SCP-#-A instances which originated from excommunicated members of the Australian Church of Australia.
Anangu land owners are to permit the practice of SCP-#.
Anangu land owners are entitled to select the areas wherein SCP-# is to be conducted at.
SCP-# is not to be initiated in areas that are not permitted by Anangu land owners.
Foundation members based in the Commonwealth of Australia are to be accorded an equal level of non-interference as the followers of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, "Abrahamic Non-Heretic Faiths", and other "Non-Abrahamic Non-Heretic Faiths" based in the Commonwealth of Australia, as outlined in the Horizon Initiative-Australian Church of Australia Treaty.
SCP-#
Item #: SCP-#
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-# is to be positioned within a two-metre radius "Red Zone" in a containment chamber (with length and breadth of more than two metres) at Site-18. Outside of authorised experiments, no personnel are to be inside the "Red Zone" of SCP-#'s containment cell at 0000 hours (local time).
Description: SCP-# is a brass longcase clock, whose design is dated to mid 18th century CE. Time indicated on SCP-# adjusts autonomously based on the timezone it is currently located. At 0000 hours everyday, individuals within a range of two metres from SCP-# will experience auditory hallucinations consisting of ringing sounds for a duration of one minute.
If at least two humans are within a range of two metres from SCP-# during that duration, one of them (hereon referred to as 'subject') will be randomly selected upon the end of auditory hallucinations. There are no known mediating variables influencing the selection process.
When selected, all fabrics and miscellaneous accessories (i.e. jewelry, watch, piercings) worn by the subject will spontaneously dematerialise. In addition, ash will spontaneously manifest on the subject's face and eumelanin polymer levels in their skin are increased. The aforementioned effects will wear off six hours after selection.
SCP-# was recovered from a raid on a private function organised by Marshal, Carter and Dark LLP (MC&D) in Macau. Recovery was conducted covertly by Mobile Task Force Mu-3 ("Highest Bidder").
Information pertaining SCP-#'s whereabouts was wired to a Foundation front company by an anonymous informant, self-professing to be a client of MC&D. Information regarding SCP-#'s whereabouts and a donation of USD 30 million were exchanged for Foundation assistance with the administration of Class D amnestics.
Accounts from the informant and MTF M-3 indicate that SCP-# was used part of a game of chance played by attendees of the function. Wagers were placed on regarding who among them would be targetted by SCP-#'s anomalous effect. After selection, the selected person will often participate in various penalty games while naked until dawn. Other attendants were known to have taken photographs of the selected person, serving as potential blackmail in the future.
Addendum #-1: Intel wing of MTF M-3 reported that extraction of data from MC&D archives is compromised. Attack is speculated to be from within.
SCP-# bears superficial resemblance to a separate SCP object formerly in Foundation possession. Below is the documentation for it.
SCP-████
Item #: SCP-████
Object Class: Archived (Safe)
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-████ is to be kept in Storage Sector 6 at Site-06-3. Personnel are to avoid being within two metres of SCP-# on 0000 hours (local time).
Description: SCP-████ is a brass longcase clock, whose design is dated to mid 18th century CE. Time indicated on SCP-████ adjusts autonomously based on the timezone it is currently located. At 0000 and 1200 hours everyday, individuals within a range of two metres from SCP-████ will experience auditory hallucinations consisting of ringing sounds for a duration of one minute.
SCP-████ was originally recovered on ██/██/████, following a raid on a warehouse previously owned by GRU-P in Riga, Latvia. GRU-P records of the object indicated that it was looted from a mansion in Potsdam, Germany after World War II.
Due to its expendability, SCP-████ was selected (along with eleven other SCP objects of similar expendability) to be used for an item exchange between the Foundation and Marshall, Carter and Dark LLP. Detailed account on the matter is available here. Following the item exchange, documentation of SCP-████ is removed from RAISA.
The O5 Council has deliberated on the matter and decided that acquisition of SCP-# is not a violation of the terms of the items exchange with MC&D. Below is an official statement from the Council.
Anomalous objects are identified by the nature and specifics of their anomalies — that is the internationally-recognised definition of anomalies, which both the Foundation and Marshall, Carter and Dark abide by. With their differences in anomalous effects, SCP-# clearly represents a different anomaly from the anomalous object handed over to Marshall, Carter and Dark and is therefore only an item with an identical appearance with that object.
An illustration from a SCP-# manual, depicting the Chinese mythological figure, Xingtian.
Item #: SCP-#
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Instruction manuals and guides featuring SCP-# are to be compiled and kept in a storage chamber at Site-19. Access to SCP-# materials is restricted to personnel with security clearance of Level 3/# or above. A carcass of one SCP-#-A instance is kept in Site-19 morgue for autopsy.
Persons practicing SCP-# are to be kept under Foundation observation. Guards handling such persons are to use non-lethal means to subdue it, and ensure no damage to their necks. Termination of those individuals must not involve decapitation. A method of termination sanctioned by the Ethics Committee involves the use of anaesthesia to subdue those individuals, followed by administration of sodium cyanide via injection.
Description: SCP-# is a weapons-based martial art, originating from Western China. It focuses on the use of the battle axe coupled with a rectangular shield, although there are some SCP-# techniques centred on the use of the double-edged straight sword. In addition, SCP-# also teaches techniques to control one's bleeding and muscles to close wounds.
SCP-#-A is a humanoid entity, reanimated from a practitioner of SCP-# killed via decapitation while the heart is not fatally injured. Transformation into SCP-#-A is not always guaranteed for each practitioner of SCP-#, as successful transformations require the practitioner to reduce blood loss in the neck after decapitation. Unsuccessful transformations will lead to the practitioner to expire via decapitation.
An incision of about 15 cm will rapidly generate on SCP-#-A's abdomen, with calcium deposits growing along the incision. In addition, photoreceptor cells will rapidly generate in SCP-#-A's nipples and adrenaline levels in SCP-#-A instances increase in this state. Autopsy of SCP-#-A instances have identified tumours growing around the heart, resembling human brain tissues.
The Foundation was first made aware of SCP-# and SCP-#-A on ██/██/1938, following access to classified documents held by Kuomintang (KMT). According to KMT sources, SCP-#-A instances were involved in raids against civilians in Gansu Province, China.
Addendum #-1: SCP-#, if not a similar martial art with the same anomalous effect, is identified to be practiced by individuals from North Africa. To the Foundation's knowledge, these practitioners were dated approximately 2000 BCE to 1000 BCE and no modern practitioners have been discovered. Below are several documents, recovered from various non-Foundation archaeological sources.
The following note was transcribed by the Egyptologist ██████ ██████, during an exploration into archaeological sites in Sudan. It was later held by His Majesty's Foundation for the Secure Containment of the Paranormal, until it was later transferred to Foundation control after its establishment.
We have uncovered another mummy, buried near █████, Sudan. Peculiarly, unlike the mummies of Egypt, the head is detached from its body. On the top of the sarcophagus' lid was a mummified skull, presumably belonging to the same chap. But I cannot fathom why the men who buried this chap parted the head from the body. It is known that the Ancient Egyptians disregard the brain, but this represents an extreme expression of that concept.
Also, the embalmment techniques used here seem rather shoddy, with very noticeable signs of decomposition. There appears to be fangs protruding from its abdomen, an unusual decorative feature for the dead. An ax and shield are buried with the mummy, who was likely a famed warrior in life.
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| Depiction of SCP-#-A instances, found in █████, Sudan. |
The following note was found in the ruins of Memphis, and translated from Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Praises to the Strength of Amun - God Ruler of Heliopolis, Re the Lord of Justice - Beloved of Amun,7
We the Militants-Faithful of Mekhane, allied with thy great house, beseech thee to reconsider thy realm's use of Blemmyes tribesmen in the war against the FLESH. For we suspect Blemmyes to be the [agents/slaves] of the FLESH. Upon their beheading, the FLESH grows on the Blemmyes to give them strength and reveal their cursed nature. The Blemmyes may appear without ill will to thy great house at first sight, but know that the FLESH is an infestation from within. Recall the fall of the Hittites and the Minoans under the plot of the FLESH's [agents/slaves].
If thy great house wish to ensure the supremacy of Maat, forbid the Blemmyes from thy lands of Upper and Lower Egypt and strike them down as [agents/slaves] of the FLESH.
The following excerpt is taken from the Book of Collapse, a Church of the Broken God Holy Writ.
3. Against the Blemmyes, strike not at the head. For the FLESH will only manifest and bestow them
wicked power.4. Instead, all of the Blemmyes' body is to be destroyed. The heart must be the first to be
destroyed.5. For the heart of a Blemmye is the core of its connection with the FLESH.
Addendum #-2: Report on Xingtian Temple
Xingtian Temple is located in Xihe County, Longnan Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. It is believed to be one of the oldest sites where SCP-# is practiced. Historic sources have described the temple as an isolationist society, occupied with martial feats and the playing of music. Government attempts to subdue the temple were limited, due to its isolated location and the martial potency of temple members.
Foundation attempts to explore Xintian Temple were limited due to the internal turmoil in China during the 1940s and a ban on Foundation presence in the People's Republic of China until 1979.
After a period of investigation, the Foundation was able to locate and launched an expedition to Xingtian Temple on ██/██/1982. The following excerpts were recovered from Xingtian Temple, regarding SCP-# practitioners and translated from Chinese.
The following excerpts were taken from SCP-# manuals found in Xingtian Temple.
Lie down. Relieve the burden of thought. Only feel. Rise and dash. That is the first step toward the Path of Xingtian.
Before Man is bestowed with reason, Man is of the [body/flesh]. The heart is the crown of the [body/flesh]. It is the true foundation of human existence. Reason needs not be present for human existence.
The key to mastery is to control the blood and flesh. Stop the flow of blood rushing. Tighten the flesh around wounds. When the head is chopped off, one only has a brief moment to stop the flow of blood towards the neck and tighten the wound at the neck. One who achieves both can be worthy to be a master.
One who aspires to be master must fight with a bare chest. In mastery will one bear fangs in the body. Let all foes fear the fangs and know that the true fight is to begin.
The following placard was displayed in front of an altar, containing numerous skulls and decomposing heads displayed on pikes.
Look upon the masters and aspire yourselves to be like them one day. They fought with rawness to oppose their foes, and regained the pure state of Man.
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| One of the skulls displayed on the altar, alleged to have belonged to an SCP-#-A instance. |
Upon arrival, Xingtian Temple was found to be mostly abandoned. Only one inhabitant was identified at the site, a male adolescent of Chinese descent (hereon referred to as PoI-#-1). PoI-#-1 is a practitioner of SCP-#, however his skills with SCP-# are limited. He was captured without incident and placed under interrogation.
Interviewee: PoI-#-1 ("Te Rong")
Interviewer: Dr. Wesley Wei
Foreword: The following is a preliminary interview to identify Interviewee and the situation with Xingtian Temple, and is originally conducted in Mandarin.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Wei:
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SCP-#-A a.k.a. KTE-#-Grimoire Grey identified in Vladivostok, Russia. Encountered during raid on underground fighting ring controlled by Neo-Sarkic criminal organisation "The Black Lodge" on ██/██/2008.
Instances wore a remote controlled collar on their necks. Upon remote activation (presumably by Black Lodge members), razor blades protrude along the inner lining and spin rapidly to decapitate the wearer. Believed to facilitate convenient transformation into SCP-#-A / KTE-#-Grimoire Grey.
The collars wore by them do not possess any anomalous traits, and resemble schematics of a proposed execution device ("Flying Guillotine") designed by the Chinese Ministry of State Security.
Cinderella Hour
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Xingtian
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