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SCP-XXXX shortly after acquisition |
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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept within an insulated polycarbonate case within a room kept at precisely 0° Celsius. Access to SCP-XXXX is prohibited without Class A authorization and armed supervision. Direct skin contact with SCP-XXXX is forbidden without written permission of at least three (3) Class A personnel. Experiments involving SCP-XXXX are to remain within completely insulated conditions and under supervision from at least five (5) armed guards, at least two (2) of which must be armed with an incendiary weapon.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a small circlet of intricate design wrought from a gold-colored metal. It is approximately the diameter of an adult human head, the exact dimensions of SCP-XXXX being impossible to measure as it will change diameter according to whomever is nearest to it.
Removing samples of the material for analysis is impossible due to the subject's violent reaction to any attempt at damaging its surface (see Addendum XXXX-3)
SCP-XXXX possesses cryokinetic capabilities. The surface of the metal remains at a constant temperature of 0° Celsius, with a thin film of frost always present on the object. When placed into any room, it will lower the local temperature at 5° Celsius per minute until it reaches a temperature equal to that of the crown itself. Effect does not appear to extend beyond properly insulated walls.
Researchers standing within three meters of SCP-XXXX have reported hearing loud whispers emanating from the circlet in a slow, rhythmic manner.
When SCP-XXXX is placed upon the head of a living human, the victim undergoes rapid and violent biological changes (see Addendum XXXX-1).
SCP-XXXX was recovered from a tomb in northern ███████ in 19██ by Agent ███████ and Agent ████. Analysis of the previously sealed tomb indicates ███████ origin.
Addendum XXXX-1:
Subjects experience 7 stages of extreme biological mutation when SCP-XXXX is placed upon the head of an adult human.
Stage 1: immediately after placement, SCP-XXXX tightens on the victim's head, preventing removal. The object [DATA EXPUNGED] inducing vivid hallucinations.
Stage 2: Starting from 5 seconds after Stage 1, the victim's body temperature begins lowering at a rate of 10° Celsius per hour.
Stage 3: Between one and three minutes, the victim begins screaming in what has been determined to be a variant of Proto-Celtic. At this point the body temperature change has halted, having reached the temperature of the crown. Subject begins exhibiting paranoid and aggressive behaviour, assaulting any nearby staff The hair has begins to gray and the skin starts to pale.
Stage 4: Five minutes after exposure, the victim begins emitting cryogenic blasts at random from the mouth and nose, subjecting any and all nearby biological creatures caught within the blasts to temperatures between 150 and 200 Kelvin.
Stage 5: After ten minutes, victim exhibits brainwave patterns similar to those caused by Moderately-Severe Alzheimer's Disease. 50% of the victim's hair has been bleached white at this point. The victim's skin drains of melanin, becoming pallid and cold with visible veins.
Stage 6: After one day, tissue decay accelerates. Teeth rot at an exponential rate, becoming jagged black stumps. Fingernails grow 10 to 20 times the normal rate. The skin begins exhibiting a pale blue tone.
Stage 7: within one month of use, the subject [DATA EXPUNGED]
Addendum XXXX-2: on █/█/19██, SCP-XXXX was placed on the head of subject D-████. The subject began [DATA EXPUNGED] resulting in the severe mutilation of █ D Class personnel. Subject D-████ was successfully terminated after severe damage to the containment facility. SCP-XXXX increased in size, removing itself from the dead subject's head. SCP-XXXX was successfully re-contained.
Addendum XXXX-3: (█/██/20██) A sample removal from SCP-XXXX was attempted under armed supervision. Subject D-7016 attempted to remove a piece of metal shaving using a laser cutter. SCP-XXXX emitted a piercing sound measuring 19kHz in frequency and over 110 decibels. Sound continued to be emitted for sixty seconds. Subjects exposed to the sound began bleeding from the ears, due to a complete implosion of the tympanic membrane. SCP-XXXX then emitted a wave of unidentified radiation. Emitted radiation lowered temperature all four D-class personnel were subject to an extreme temperature drop. Attempting to flee, the tissue of their bodies shattered in the act of freezing.
Addendum XXXX-4: (█/█/20██) SCP-XXXX has begun displaying a wider range of telepathic communication than before. Being within 10 meters induces auditory hallucinations and feelings of paranoia relating to everything except for SCP-XXXX. Subjects within 5 meters experience an overwhelming urge to place SCP-XXXX on their head. Stricter safety protocols enacted. SCP-XXXX is now to be kept within a sealed polycarbonate case, as glass will shatter after a time.
Addendum XXXX-5: (█/█3/20██) Subject D-██ made direct skin contact with SCP-XXXX. He then proceeded to place it on his head. Subject D-██ SCP-XXXX reacted at a far faster and more violent rate than before, sealing the doorway closed with an unidentified variant of crystallized water. The substance deflected gunfire and did not melt when introduced to an incinerator. Subject D-██ remained in the containment cell for eighteen (18) days. SCP-XXXX executed the typical mutation process, but at a far faster rate. Subject reached Stage 7 within seventeen (17) days. Subject D-██ then proceeded to [DATA EXPUNGED] resulting in the death of ██ D Class personnel, █ C class personnel, and guest researcher Dr. ███████. Subject terminated by Agent ██████. SCP-XXXX successfully re-contained. Request for classification to Keter pending.