SCP-882

SCP-882, known by the SCP Foundation as "A Machine" and to the Church of the Broken God as "His/Her Broken Heart", is an anomalous object that once was the heart of the machine god known as Mekhane. Currently, on its own, it produces psychosis in nearby humans and incorporates nearby metal objects into its assembly.
==History==
===Origins===
Due to the lack of distinct canon in the SCP universe, there have been several stories telling the origins of SCP-882.
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|-|Ancient history=
Once, SCP-882 was the heart of Mekhane, a machine god that, according to the Sarkic and Mekhanite mythos, ruled humanity alongside Yaldabaoth, the flesh god. Mekhane represented progress and intelligence, while Yaldabaoth represented the bestial nature and instinct of humanity. Eventually, Mekhane angered Yaldaboth by bringing the beginning of modernity to their people; this began a massive war that resulted in Mekhane's breaking and the Bronze Age collapse. The heart of Mekhane was separated, washing up on Banks Island in the Northwest Territories of Canada, where it deactivated over time.
|-|The Factory=
During the 1940s, the Church of the Broken God led by Robert Bumaro managed to gather almost all the fragmented pieces of their Broken God. However, they were unable to find the god's heart and without it the Broken God could not be resurrected. Instead of continuing to look for the heart, Bumaro decided instead to create a new heart, commissioning The Factory to create it. After the heart was created and given to the Church, several high ranking members of the clergy sensed great evil within the artificial heart and warned Bumaro of it, telling him that they shouldn't use it. Bumaro did not listen and proceeded to put the heart within the completed body of the Broken God. However, due to the nature of the heart, the Broken God was not resurrected, but instead was possessed by the heart; the body then transformed into a powerful monster which began wrecking havoc on Mexico and devoured everything on its path such as metal-based objects and innocent people.
This caused the SCP Foundation, the Allied Occult Initiative, the Unusual Incidents Unit and later on the Horizon Initiative, to intervene and stop the abomination, but to no avail. Eventually, one member of the AOI was approached by a woman who had been devoured by the monster, causing her to be infected with SCP-217 before being ejected from its body. She gave the operative a device which allowed the AOI to activate SCP-2399. SCP-2399 arrived above the monster's current location and began using its energies to blast it. The abomination tried to fight back, but 2399 eventually managed to shatter it once again, resulting in the heart being separated and washing up on Banks Island.
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=== Rediscovery===
Allen, a settler on Banks Island, discovered 882 after wrecking his boat upon it. He then gathered a few of his friends to go and scrap it, assuming it was a piece of a plane or a ship. He then placed it in an old storeroom at the dock of the town. However, the next day, it activated and removed the rust that was upon it, injuring another settler named Jimmy when he tried to investigate a noise it was making. Later, a woman named Ms. Parker thought that a part of it was gold and attempted to free it with a metal pipe, only for it to stick to 882 and strike her. After these incidents, the settlers stayed away from the machine.Interview 882-1
Allen began to fell victim to the psychosis induced by 882, suffering from a lack f sleep from the grinding noise it made. The local priest, Father Pat, attempted to talk to him and figure out the machine, only for the two of them to fall fully under its spell. Father Pat spoke of it as being built by the Abrahamic God, preaching that it must be fed metal to hear the voice of God; in truth, merely the gears driving the population insane.
Over the next few weeks, the town donated all the metal in the town to 882, having it grow as much as to tear a hole through the storehouse's roof before Father Pat decided that the sacrifices must be more meaningful. He gathered the people to lead a prayer, before tearing out metal dental fillings that they had, adding it to 882. Eventually, Pat turned on Allen, stating that he had a metal hip. Allen was then fed to the machine and crushed, before Richard Wright, a settler who had not been entranced, fled the settlement and did not return.
===Foundation===
The SCP Foundation discovered SCP-882 on Banks Island, submerged in salt water. It was located in the geometric center of an area completely purged of metal, likely absorbing it all. The Foundation also found the town that Wright belonged to nearby, having been abandoned several years ago. 882 soon reactivated after removal from the salt water, moving once again. Dr. Charles Gears oversaw recovery, utilizing SCP-2519 to reduce the motion after several injuries to Containment Department staff; this allowed 882 to be transported to a site for containment.Entry Page: 882 Gears later tracked down Richard Wright, interviewing him and gaining valuable insight as to how the object worked and how to properly contain it.
====Crosstest with SCP-447====
As part of experimentation for applications to use SCP-447-2 on, SCP-882 was the first candidate, presumably due to its cognitohazardous effects from the grinding noises. It was temporarily lifted out of its seawater bath and lubricated with 447-2. Though it did reduce the grinding by 50%, it also removed rust from it. The staff involved were immediately placed in quarantine to monitor for 882's cognitohazardous effects. Dr. Alto Clef, who was the project head, noted that it shouldn't be tried again.Experiment Log 447 A
==Attributes==
882's primary attribute is its ability to incorporate any metal that touches it, fusing it to its structure and transforming it into a mechanical part. Despite its appearance appearing to be of several metals, 882 is extremely durable, having tensile strength and toughness above aircraft-grade titanium alloy. To cut a part off, extreme and focused heat must be applied to cut a small portion off. However, the object can also rust very quickly when in seawater. It can cause auditory hallucinations, that being of a grinding noise. In truth, 882 does not make any noise even after activation.
The hallucinations can cause psychosis and can only be stemmed by giving metal to 882 for incorporation. Should one be in the advanced stages, they may throw themselves into it and be crushed near instantaneously. This occurred to a Banks Island settler named Allen, though not voluntarily.
== Containment procedures==
882 is currently contained by cotton fiber line tensile suspension in a solution; the solution is composed of no less than 40% seawater directly from the ocean. When and if any part is uncoated in rust, it must immediately be doused in a solution entirely composed of 100% seawater. Should it be coated once more in rust, the concentration is then lowered. The cotton fiber line is replaced daily, due to the great mass of 882. Metal is not allowed in the containment area; if it connects with 882, it must then be severed and placed in a separate container filled with 100% seawater. Due to the great psychological effect of 882, personnel suffering from auditory hallucinations must report it and go under psychological evaluation for possible transfer or containment.
==Meta ==
===Kills===
*Allen - Fed to 882 by Father Pat, having been manipulated by the object's aura of psychosis.
===Appearances===
*Entry Page: 882 - 25 Jul 2008
*Interview 882-1 - 22 Aug 2008
*Entry Page: 217 - 18 Sep 2008
*Experiment Log 447 A - 3 Oct 2008
*Entry Page: 001 - TwistedGears/Kaktus's Proposal
*Rough Beast
*He Was Blind and Deaf on a Sunny Day
*Winding Down
*Transcript Found On Storage Level B 8
*Brökkën Güd
*1,001 Dark and Stormy Nights
*The Arcana Institute Of Xerophylla
==References==
Category:Objects
Category:SCPs
Category:Euclid
Category:Church of the Broken God products