SCP-1609

Cận Cảnh #: SCP-1609
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1609 is 
contained at Storage Site-08 due to the difficulty of transporting it 
from that location. SCP-1609 is to be contained in a specially-designed 
enclosure at that site, within a flowerbed in which a range of 
aesthetically-pleasing flowers and plants are to be cultivated. It is to
 be used as mulch within this flowerbed. The flowerbed is to be tended 
regularly, and all visitors to the enclosure must remark on the beauty 
of the flowerbed, with particular emphasis on the quality of the mulch.
SCP-1609 is to be removed from the flowerbed at regular intervals so 
that it can be treated with wood, metal and fabric preservatives. 
Personnel are to announce their intentions in the presence of SCP-1609 
before attempting to remove it for this purpose.
Personnel assigned to SCP-1609 are required to wear plainclothes in 
order to prevent accidentally triggering a violent response from 
SCP-1609. No items with motors are allowed within a 200-metre radius of 
SCP-1609’s containment area. No personnel either presently or previously
 affiliated with the Global Occult Coalition, nor material referencing 
them, are to be allowed within Storage Site-08.
In the event of a violent reaction from SCP-1609, all personnel are 
to exit the immediate vicinity and a message is to be played over the 
site’s interior speakers informing site staff of the event. Should 
SCP-1609 be sighted outside of its containment area following a violent 
reaction, staff are to act in a submissive, non-threatening manner. 
Formal clothing, such as jackets, labcoats, protective clothing, 
jumpsuits, and particularly body armour are to be removed if possible in
 the case of such an event, and any weapons capable of damaging SCP-1609
 are to be immediately discarded. Staff are to ask SCP-1609 to return to
 containment without attempting to threaten or command it.
Should SCP-1609 exit Storage Site-08, Agents are to be immediately 
dispatched in order to scan the surrounding area for SCP-1609 and if 
possible retrieve it. At present there exists no way to totally prevent 
SCP-1609 from breaching containment, and containment procedures centre 
on encouraging SCP-1609 to remain within its containment area.  
Description: SCP-1609 is, at the present time, a 
pile of splinters, wood chippings, furniture nails, and scraps of 
bleached leather and fabric, weighing in total approximately ██.█ 
kilograms. The wooden portions of SCP-1609 are made of oak, and the 
nails are made of steel.
SCP-1609 is capable of teleportation, being capable of moving its 
entire mass instantaneously between two points without any known limit. 
SCP-1609 usually uses this to bring its constituent parts together when 
parts of SCP-1609 have been removed from the mass, but SCP-1609 can 
teleport its entire mass at once, on at least one occasion at a distance
 of ████ kilometres. SCP-1609 is capable of splitting its mass, though 
it does this rarely. Any amount of material removed from SCP-1609’s mass
 continues to display SCP-1609’s properties. SCP-1609 has resisted all 
attempts to remove it from the confines of Storage Site-08, teleporting 
back to the site of its own accord. However, it has previously 
teleported out of Storage Site-08 for brief periods before returning, 
although this has only happened on █ occasions since its arrival in 
Foundation custody.
SCP-1609 appears to be in some way sentient, as research indicates it
 is able to perceive its environment in a manner that is currently 
poorly understood, and is able to react to stimuli in an intelligent 
fashion. Details of SCP-1609’s behaviour are poorly understood, although
 it has been ascertained that it will react in self-preservation, and 
will react aggressively to certain stimuli which it connects with a 
threat to its existence. Aside from this, SCP-1609 appears to prefer 
situations in which it is utilised by humans, and will actively seek out
 situations where it can be put to use if it is left idle. This is the 
reason for the Foundation’s present use of SCP-1609 as mulch, as this 
prevents SCP-1609 from becoming idle and attempting to leave Storage 
Site-08. It is theorised that SCP-1609 is capable of understanding human
 speech or thought, although this cannot be determined since it does not
 comply with tests designed to gauge its awareness of such stimuli.
When exposed to a number of specific stimuli, SCP-1609 will react 
violently. During a typical violent reaction from SCP-1609, it will 
teleport a portion of its mass inside the lungs of nearby personnel, 
causing immediate and severe lacerations to the interior of the lungs, 
as well as pulmonary obstruction, which rapidly leads to the victim’s 
death. Stimuli which can instigate a violent reaction from SCP-1609 
include: personnel wearing the uniform of, or clothes similar to the 
uniform of, personnel affiliated with the Global Occult Coalition; 
utterance of words or phrases used heavily or exclusively by GOC 
operatives, such as ‘threat entity’, while in contact with SCP-1609; any
 action demonstrating hostility towards SCP-1609; and the sound of a 
running motor. Violent responses from SCP-1609 are rare — only █ such 
events have occurred since containment, and SCP-1609 quickly reverts to a
 passive state after such a response if it does not continue to feel 
threatened.
  
SCP-1609 arrived in Foundation custody on ██/██/████, after teleporting 
into an unused containment cell at Storage Site-08 in its current state.
 Careful investigation has revealed that SCP-1609 was originally a large
 chair made of varnished oak and bleached leather, carved in the form of
 a reclining woman in a restful state. SCP-1609 appears to have 
possessed its anomalous properties in this state, albeit with certain 
limitations, namely that the object would only teleport when a person 
within a certain radius (currently unknown) felt the need to sit down or
 rest without a comfortable seat or chair nearby. At this point, 
SCP-1609 would teleport to them and remain in place until another person
 experienced a similar urge.
On ██/██/████, both Foundation operatives and members of the Global 
Occult Coalition were made aware of the existence of SCP-1609, which was
 given the temporary designation of E-622. Due to the hard-to-contain 
nature of SCP-1609 and the possibility of its existence causing a breach
 of secrecy regarding the existence of supernatural phenomena, a 
small-scale effort to contain SCP-1609 was launched by GOC forces.
It is presently unknown how exactly GOC operatives captured SCP-1609,
 but it is known that they succeeded in reducing the object into its 
current form using a woodchipper. Further attempts to destroy SCP-1609 
failed, due to its properties and ability to teleport away from sources 
of danger. Following this event, several members of the Global Occult 
Coalition died under unusual circumstances. Investigation through both 
official channels and embedded Foundation agents with the GOC has 
potentially linked SCP-1609 to at least three deaths of personnel within
 the Coalition, although the true number of casualties amassed due to 
their mishandling of the item is unknown. SCP-1609 then arrived in 
Foundation custody. It is unknown how SCP-1609 was aware of the 
existence of the Foundation, although it is theorised that it entered 
Foundation custody due to a low risk of further damage to itself.
Document 1609-1:
SCP-1609 represents a perfect example of the flaws inherent in the operating procedure of the GOC, and serves as a cautionary tale for any members of the Foundation who disagree with our practices on containing dangerous objects.
Prior to the Coalition getting their hands on this, it was perfectly harmless. A chair which teleports to you when you need a seat is normal compared to most of the stuff that we deal with on a regular basis. When they put it through a woodchipper, it got hurt, scared and angry, so it lashed out at them. By trying to 'protect the world' by destroying it, they inadvertently made the situation a whole lot worse. SCP-1609 went from being harmless to deadly in the space of a few minutes because of the GOC, and we had to clean up the mess.
Thankfully, SCP-1609 is pretty simple for us to deal with. So long as we don't do anything stupid around it, it won't fight back and it won't try to leave. Even if it does, it usually comes back. I think I've worked out why. It came to us because it was afraid of the people who had hurt it. That's why it always comes back. It's afraid of the rest of the world now, and it's looking to us for protection.
This is why we have Special Containment Procedures instead of Special Destruction Procedures. If you break something, it's broken forever. When you try to destroy an anomaly, you can't take back your mistakes. That's what SCP-1609 has to tell us. This is why we're right and the GOC is wrong, people.
- Dr. Sievert
Category:Euclid
Category:Series II