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**Item #:** SCP-XXXX
**Object Class:** Keter
**Item #:** SCP-XXXX
**Object Class:** Keter
**Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a standard secure containment locker in Site-17. The containment locker must be equipped with continuous audio monitoring equipment, and a high-frame-rate digital recording device directed at the object's surface to log any anomalous page movement.
Access to SCP-XXXX for testing or observation requires written authorization from the current Project Lead (Level 3 clearance or higher) and the Site-17 Containment Director.
A dedicated Foundation automated monitoring system (Designation: Project Atropos) is tasked with scanning global civilian databases and psychiatric emergency admissions to cross-reference with the subject name chosen by the book once a Persecutory Event has begun. Upon detecting a match, an automated Level 4 high-priority alert is to be dispatched immediately to the containment team and active Project Lead.
Upon confirmation of the targeted subject's location via Project Atropos, they will be designated as SCP-XXXX-1 and the following protocols are to be executed:
**PHASE 1 (Acquisition):** Localized field agents are to immediately detain the target subject under standard disinformation protocols, typically utilizing the cover story of an acute, advanced-stage Lyssavirus (Rabies) infection to justify immediate total isolation.
**PHASE 2 (Isolation):** The subject is to be immediately transported to the nearest secure Foundation medical facility and placed within a heavily padded, soundproofed psychiatric observation cell. Continuous visual, auditory, and psychological monitoring must be maintained throughout the duration of the Persecutory Event.
**PHASE 3 (Terminal Protocol):** Administration of amnestics and antipsychotic medication is authorized purely for research purposes, though they are noted to be entirely ineffective at reversing or impeding the psychological breakdown in all recorded cases. Interviews and physical interaction are permitted until the final 48 hours of a Persecutory Event, during which all personnel are strictly forbidden from entering the observation chamber or attempting to intervene in the subject's actions.
**PHASE 4 (Termination Protocol):** If the subject has not already deceased by the final hour of the Persecutory Event, the subject is to be sedated and terminated via lethal injection to prevent a localized ZK-Class Reality Failure Event.
**Contingency Protocol (Failure of Termination):** In the event that the primary Termination Protocol fails and a localized ZK-Class Reality Failure Event initiates, the following actions are to be taken immediately:
1. Assigned Oversight Command (O5-[REDACTED]) is to be notified immediately of the containment breach.
2. Mobile Task Force Lambda-5 ("White Rabbits") is to be deployed to the affected sector to stabilize local reality and neutralize the SCP-XXXX-1 instance via any means necessary.
3. All civilian witnesses and non-essential personnel exposed to the localized reality failure are to be administered Class-A or Class-B amnestics.
**Description:** SCP-XXXX is a leather-bound ledger measuring approximately 24cm x 16cm x 5cm, showing physical wear consistent with early 17th-century manufacturing techniques. The object contains approximately 400 pages of unlined, heavy-stock cream paper. Chemical analysis of the leather, paper, and binding adhesives has yielded inconclusive results, demonstrating a total absence of cellular degradation or aging since its recovery in 19[REDACTED]. **Furthermore, SCP-XXXX has proven completely impervious to all forms of conventional destruction; testing utilizing extreme thermal exposure, chemical corrosives, prolonged submersion, and high-impact physical force has resulted in zero structural damage to the object.**
Under baseline conditions, SCP-XXXX remains completely inert. The contents of the ledger consist of a running chronological list of human names written in an elegant, unidentified cursive script using black iron gall ink. To date, all recorded names within SCP-XXXX have been verified to belong to living human individuals possessing no prior history of anomalous exposure. Should a listed individual expire via non-anomalous means prior to selection, their name will spontaneously vanish from the ledger and be replaced by a new designation.
The primary anomalous properties of SCP-XXXX manifest at irregular intervals, with documented active cycles occurring every 90 to 3,650 days. The initiation of an active cycle is marked by the object rapidly flipping through its pages via an anomalous mechanical force, terminating when a single name becomes faintly highlighted in a luminescent crimson hue. The selected individual is immediately designated as SCP-XXXX-1, marking the onset of a **Persecutory Event**.
Once a target has been selected by SCP-XXXX, the subject undergoes a progressive four-stage psychological and somatic deterioration over a fixed 30-day countdown period:
* **STAGE 1 — Days 1 to 10 (The Incubation Phase):** SCP-XXXX-1 experiences a sudden, acute onset of generalized anxiety and mild auditory disturbances, typically characterized by the sound of a distant, rhythmic footstep or a low-frequency hum. Subjects consistently report a persistent, ambient sensation of being watched (hyper-vigilance), regardless of their physical surroundings or security measures.
* **STAGE 2 — Days 11 to 20 (The Encroachment Phase):** Auditory hallucinations become significantly more prominent, typically manifesting as unintelligible chants whispered directly into the subject's ears, or the sound of rapid bipedal movement closely following them. During this stage, peripheral visual hallucinations manifest, usually characterized by an unidentifiable humanoid silhouette standing at the edge of the subject's field of vision that vanishes when directly observed. External security footage does not depict this entity, and individuals in the immediate vicinity of SCP-XXXX-1 report no visual anomalies. Clinical paranoia sharpens into a definitive persecutory delusion—the absolute conviction that an unidentified, hostile entity is actively hunting them. Standard psychiatric procedures, including therapy and the administration of high-dose antipsychotics, fail to alleviate these symptoms or impede the psychological progression.
* **STAGE 3 — Days 21 to 28 (The Convergence Phase):** Symptoms evolve into severe mania, continuous hallucinations, and total psychological instability. SCP-XXXX-1 instances interviewed during this stage consistently report an intense, suffocating feeling of impending doom, severe insomnia, and acute tactile hallucinations (e.g., the sensation of exhalation against their neck or phantom physical pressure applied to their skin). Due to resulting erratic behavior, uncontained subjects at this stage typically suffer fatal accidents or attempt self-termination.
* **STAGE 4 — Days 29 to 30 (The Terminal Phase):** During the final 48 hours of the countdown, approximately 90% of documented subjects devolve into complete psychological collapse, vocalizing exclusively in an unidentified, unintelligible language before successfully executing self-termination. If the subject remains alive at the conclusion of the 48-hour window, the accumulated somatic and emotional trauma within the subject acts as a focal point for reality degradation. This results in a localized ZK-Class Reality Failure Event, causing baseline physics within an area ranging from 100 to 500 square meters to destabilize and collapse. This localized rift will continuously expand at a rate of [REDACTED] until the active SCP-XXXX-1 instance is killed.
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Excerpts of note:
Upon confirmation of the targeted subject's location via Project Atropos, they will be designated as SCP-XXXX-1 and the following protocols are to be executed:
PHASE 1 (Acquisition): Localized field agents are to immediately detain the target subject under standard disinformation protocols, typically utilizing the cover story of an acute, advanced-stage Lyssavirus (Rabies) infection to justify immediate total isolation.
PHASE 2 (Isolation): The subject is to be immediately transported to the nearest secure Foundation medical facility and placed within a heavily padded, soundproofed psychiatric observation cell. Continuous visual, auditory, and psychological monitoring must be maintained throughout the duration of the Persecutory Event.
Clinical paranoia sharpens into a definitive persecutory delusion—the absolute conviction that an unidentified, hostile entity is actively hunting them. Standard psychiatric procedures, including therapy and the administration of high-dose antipsychotics, fail to alleviate these symptoms or impede the psychological progression.
- STAGE 4 — Days 29 to 30 (The Terminal Phase): During the final 48 hours of the countdown, approximately 90% of documented subjects devolve into complete psychological collapse, vocalizing exclusively in an unidentified, unintelligible language before successfully executing self-termination. If the subject remains alive at the conclusion of the 48-hour window, the accumulated somatic and emotional trauma within the subject acts as a focal point for reality degradation.
Permanently banned, PM sent.
