SCP-038-IT

SCP-038-IT during initial containment.

Item #: SCP-038-IT

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-038-IT must be contained inside a standard security safe located in the Safe Containment Zone of Site Nettuno. In case of biological tests or other uses, access to SCP-038-IT has to be authorized by an Head Researcher in order to avoid further damage and/or deterioration of the object.

Inside the safe, SCP-038-IT must me kept on a grid coated with polyethylene, bitumen and polyurethane (Materials particularly resistant to marine erosion), linked to an automatic disposal system which activates every 12 hours: as per protocol, dumped water is unloaded into the sea, but only after the necessary controls to ensure the absence of anomalous effect have been made. If the properties of SCP-038-IT manifest before the disposal process the system has to be activated manually so that no damage is made to the grid or the containment procedures.

Description: SCP-038-IT is the collective denomination of 11¹ stones and small crystals found in 2014 in the seaside town of “██████████”, province of La Spezia, Liguria.

The anomalous properties experienced before initial containment then occurred only during tests: SCP-038-IT manifests the ability to produce notable amounts of brine² when it remains inert for a prolonged period of time, or when it’s already in an amount of water sufficient to manifest the anomalous properties³. The water created/influenced by SCP-038-IT is denominated SCP-038-IT-A and it has a maximum volume of 20 cubic liters and a maximum range of approximately 8 meters from the position of SCP-038-IT⁴. Moving SCP-038-IT to a significative distance from the area (approximately equal to double the maximum range) will make every anomalous effect found inside SCP-038-IT-A disappear within a couple of minutes.

When the water around SCP-038-IT is interacted with, it exhibits anomalous properties depending on the nature of the entity or object interacting with it:

• with objects, SCP-038-IT-A tends to generate anomalous organic and inorganic material until it covers the object with a velocity of around 1 kg of mass each second, simulating severe conditions of oceanic deterioration.;

• with living beings, SCP-038-IT-A tends instead to restore the optimal physical conditions of the chosen organism, always depending of the mass of the entity/volume of mass occupied by SCP-038-IT. When such interaction takes place, an instance of SCP-038-IT begins to deteriorate depending on the biological mass interacting with SCP-038-IT⁵.

During the initial tests, 5 stones were taken away to over 100 meters of distance from the rest of SCP-038-IT and none of them has manifested anomalous properties since, even when put back near the Anomaly. SCP-038-IT tends also to make other instances appear if their number drops below 5, until the number is superior to 10 units again: however this phenomenon stops randomly, ending up generating a random number of instances after reaching 10 before halting.

SCP-038-IT was brought to the attention of Foundation Agents due to its anomalous properties and was easily identified thanks to it peculiar magnetic properties, which tend, in every circumstance, to bring every stone or fragment of SCP-038-IT to the position shown in the attached image; before being contained SCP-038-IT caused the deterioration of part of a local pier, making it partially collapse: this incident ended up killing two civilians (fell inside SCP-038-IT-A and remained immobilized inside their clothes) and injuring three, drawing the agents of the SIR-I "Aureæ Notitiæ" to the location.

The magnetic phenomenon possessed by SCP-038-IT is constant, and can exercise on the stones a force up to 5 kN, effectively preventing the detachment of the various instances.

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Addendum-A1: I kindly ask the assigned staff to use this data table to record the results and the interactions of SCP-038-IT during the main biological tests, as to avoid repeating the same tests by mistake. And no, if you want to get in shape, I’d advise not to ask the Head Researcher if it’s possible to use SCP-038-IT for personal purposes. - Dr. Magalli.

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[ ██/07/2014 ]

Subject: A standard test mannequin, 1,78 meters tall, with approximately 12 kg of raw meat from an adult bovine (rotten and destined to disposal) attached to its body.

Conditions of SCP-038-IT: Submerged in a 2x3x2 meters tank.

Purpose: Verify the exact properties of SCP-038-IT and if they can manifest simultaneously.

The mannequin was completely covered by a thick layer of sand and coral in twenty minutes. In the same period of time, the meat became edible again and remained as such even after being extracted from the tank. As previously observed, one of the stones which make up SCP-038-IT slightly deteriorated, being partially covered in sand and losing small amounts of material, which has dissolved into sand.

Additional notes: This was one of the first tests apt to verify if it was possible to activate simultaneously the anomalous properties of SCP-038-IT-A.

We tried to cook the meat and serve it in the Class-D canteen after this test. Except for the excessive sapidity of the meal, we haven’t received any other reports from personnel which was nourished with it. - Dr. Mondali

[ ██/11/2014 ]

Subject: D-███4, caucasian, 32 years old, approximately weighing 86 kg. The subject has several scars from cuts and gunshots present on his body.

Conditions of SCP-038-IT: Submerged in a 5x4x3 meters tank.

D-███4 submerged completely in the tank, using a diving suit and oxygen tank. After approximately 10 minutes of immersion and study, the tank stopped providing oxygen, but D-███4 expressed the desire to continue the experiment, considering himself adequately prepared. After two more minutes of apnea, D-███4 emerged from the tank. His equipment was completely ruined, with calcareous residue which blocked the oxygen tube and sad crusted on the valves and the mask. The subject instead didn’t present scars on his body anymore: further analysis showed how D-███4 had lost around 4 kg, reaching is ideal weight.

Additional notes: Confirmed the disappearance of another stone from SCP-038-IT. Due to the position of the latter, the magnetic conformation of SCP-038-IT took more time to restore itself correctly, preventing further tests for the following half an hour.

[ ██/██/2015 ]

Subject: D-███7, pace-maker user, 45 years old, weight of around 88 kg.

Conditions of SCP-038-IT: Same tank as in the prior experiment (5×4×3 meters).

Purpose: Understand if SCP-038-IT is capable of “restoring” prior physical conditions and operations on the human body.

D-███7 immediately begins to feel uncomfortable after entering the water and to feel severe pain in every part of the body: it tends to augment during the entire length of the experiment. Three minutes after initial contact D-███7 enters into a state of paralysis and begins to drown. The skin gets covered by a thick layer of sand while the rest of the body is compressed as if located at a great depth. D-███7 dies after a few moments following heart failure, collapse of the braincase and widespread hemorrhage. The autopsy performed following the test points at how the lungs were filled with water in an anomalous manner not correlated to the death, demonstrating the ability of SCP-038-IT-A to generate water even inside eventual objects, simulating how it would be there after a normal prolonged exposition to the marine depths.

Additional note: It is necessary to perform more tests with subject outfitted with prosthesis or other modifies to the body, we must understand the precise distinctions between the various “interactions” with SCP-038-IT.

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Addendum-A2: On the 22/10/20██, a second instance of SCP-038-IT (denominated SCP-038-IT-2) was identified near ██████, in Tuscany, on a public beach, causing remarkable local mediatic stir due to the same properties found on SCP-038-IT, which led to a clash and subsequent instantaneous erosion of two civilian speedboats⁶. A rapid response by the Agents of SSM-II “Legio Atlandis” has then identified some elements of the GoI know as “Great Mediterranean’s Eye Cult ”, which were able to obtain the second copy of SCP-038-IT and to flee from the location without leaving any trace. It’s currently unknown if any other copies of SCP-038-IT could exist, as such maximum focus is advised for possible sightings of additional instances. - Dr. Pistillo

They came out of the sea without suits or anything else and caught us completely off guard, what the hell. - Lt. Longo, SSM-II.

We know for sure that they were ready for the recovery of the Anomaly and they even know more than us about it. It’s unknown if they are able to produce additional copies of that Anomaly or not. In my opinion further investigations about their involvement are necessary. -Cpt. Aramini, SSM-II.

Footnotes

1. Number is subject to variations

2. Approximately 20 liters every 24 hours.

3. Such threshold has been shown to be variable and not accurately predictable, but it tends to be slightly lower than 20 liters.

4. Measures taken inside External Test Area 2, Site Nettuno.

5. Around 80 kg of mass are capable of making a stone completely disappear from SCP-038-IT, as such we can state that in general it takes a human adult to cause irreversible damage to the Object.

6. It is legitimate to assume how that “copy” was much more powerful than SCP-038-IT.