Item#: 5925

Level1

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
eshu

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
notice

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SCP-5925

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5925 is to be contained in standard humanoid containment cell B5 of Site-118's Delta Wing. Personnel are not to directly or indirectly refer to SCP-5925 by any name, title, or designation other than its item number. No other measures are necessary to successfully contain him in his current state, and this will continue to be the case indefinitely.

Level 5 Clearance Required

Access Granted

SCP-5925 is considered a Eshu Class nomenclative hazard. However, previous attempts to contain SCP-5925 per Protocol 4000-Eshu have been deemed inadequate. As such, Protocol 5925-Eshu has been devised to forcefully associate SCP-5925 with a single title, specifically that of its item number. This protocol additionally requires familiarity with SCP-5925's item number, containment procedures, description and appearance by as many Foundation personnel as currently available. The clearance level has thus been adjusted to reflect this, and SCP-5925's incomplete file is to be regularly circulated through junior researcher and security staff in all sites.
As an additional measure the entrance of cell B5 is to be reinforced with iron plating.
Following Incident 5925-Holly, the containment class, distribution class, risk class, procedures, and description of this article have been altered in keeping with nomenclative association methods necessary for further containment. These alterations have been marked in blue for differentiation from the standard formatting.

Description: SCP-5925 is a humanoid which appears to be an elderly male of Northern European descent. Though SCP-5925 has the physique of a 70 to 80 year old man, records that refer to SCP-5925 indicate the subject is far older. He is frail, friendly, charitable, and compliant with the Foundation's instructions.
SCP-5925 has knowledge of the full name of all people it comes into contact with, despite having never personally met. It is also aware of current or past material desires of these individuals. Besides this, and his lengthened life span, he has no other anomalous capabilities.
Discovery Log:

Level 5 Clearance Required

Access Granted

SCP-5925 was discovered on September 22nd 1995 during a performance of the 4000-Halloway procedure. A mistake occurred during the execution of the procedure1. The procedure still resulted in an expansion of the fireplace and a ladder descending from the chimney. However, this ladder did not lead to the place of the nameless oddities, and instead, SCP-5925 emerged from the chimney into the site. Notably, despite several members of personnel utilizing the same epithet to describe SCP-5925 in the moment of its appearance, none of them suffered any adverse anomalous effects. Additionally, upon the personnel referring to SCP-5925 by this epithet, it became docile and amiable. This is believed to be due to the cultural association of the epithet in question. SCP-5925 then escaped the facility by anomalous means2, leaving behind gifts for all those present. SCP-5925 was afterward given its current item number and designated as a Euclid class entity.
The mistake which lead to SCP-5925's initial appearance was later replicated. Being prepared, personnel referred to SCP-5925 by its item number, and were successful in apprehending the subject. The relevance of SCP-5925's designation to the success of this operation was later discovered during its containment, and the initial draft of the 5925-Eshu protocol was enacted. This protocol was later expanded upon following the 5925-Holly incident.

Addendum 5925.01:

Level 5 Clearance Required

Access Granted

The 5925-Holly Incident

The following is an interview conducted on June 20th 1996. The purpose of said interview was to establish the difference between SCP-5925 and the entities residing in the grove of games and names. During this interview, details pertaining to the nature of SCP-5925's status as an Eshu class entity were revealed, leading to alterations to the 5925-Eshu protocol to more effectively contain the subject.

Interviewed: SCP-5925
Interviewer: Dr. Angulo
Foreword: SCP-5925 has shown to be more compliant and cognitive when interacting with only one individual directly. As such, this interview was conducted within chamber B5. No other individuals were within the chamber during the interaction, however two members of security personnel were present beside the chamber entrance for emergency assistance in the event of a nomenclative breach.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Angulo: Good morning, SCP-5925.Dr. Angulo: And I never did get it.
SCP-5925 laughsDr. Angulo: I actually came to ask you a few questions. We want to know how you differ from the others like you.Dr. Angulo: When we first found you we were trying to get… somewhere. A place with people similar to you, you could say.Dr. Angulo winces at this. No effect was detected from this naming, and thus the interview proceeds.
Dr. Angulo: Yes, there are things we've found there. It is dangerous for us to name them and the place itself.Dr. Angulo: Well, this clearly isn't the case for you.Dr. Angulo: When the others lost their names, why didn't you?Dr. Angulo: And none of the others could hold onto some of their names, like you did?
SCP-5925 laughsDr. Angulo: We can't- we shouldn't be having a conversation like this without further security. I'm sorry. It's not safe.Dr. Angulo: I'm sorry, what was that?Dr. Angulo and SCP-5925's breath become visible in the air.
Dr. Angulo: What are you-Dr. Angulo stands abruptly and attempts to exit chamber B5. The chamber door jams and is unable to open. Dr. Angulo repeatedly strikes the door.
Dr. Angulo: Open this now! There's been a breach!Dr. Angulo crouches by the door, breathing into her hands.
Dr. Angulo: So cold… so fast. How?Dr. Angulo: Please-Dr. Angulo slumps backward, appearing to nearly lose consciousness.
Dr. Angulo: I- I-Dr. Angulo: Holly-Dr. Angulo: The Holly King.
SCP-5925's body begins to change rapidly. Its hair and beard grow substantially. Its physique becomes much taller, but decrepit and starved. A green hood and robe appear on its body. A pair of Cervidae antlers3 sprout from its forehead. A stained broadsword appears in its hands4. The breaths of SCP-5925 and Dr. Angulo becomes no longer visible, indicating a rise in temperature.
SCP-5925 laughs strenuouslyThe doors to the chamber open. Security personnel enter, assisting Dr. Angulo to stand. They then begin to escort Dr. Angulo out of the chamber.<End Log>
Closing Statement: SCP-5925's form reverted after 3 days. Prior to this, it created a crown of Aquifoliaceae Ilex5 and expressed the desire to gift this item to Dr. Angulo as an apology for its behavior.

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