Item #: SCP-????-J
Object Class: i dunno
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-????-J's box is currently kept in a containment cell 200m x 200m x 200m in size. SCP-????-J's box is comprised of multiple layers of tele-kill shielding, tantalum hafnium carbide, an outer layer of a graphene/carbyne lattice, and decorated with a vantablack floral stencil pattern.
Artist's rendering of the box's intricate surface ornamentation
This container is locked with multiple redundant locking mechanisms that are presumed to decrease the likelihood of unauthorized access. These locks are labelled SCP-????-A through, shit, SCP-????-1 through SCP-????-41 46 50 fuck it idk and they materialize and dematerialize in random intervals. At most times, the box appears as a 1m3 sheen black cube, bearing a single hinged compartment.
Description: SCP-????-J is the designation for an anomaly of unknown specification, currently locked in this fucking box. It's been in Site-44 for as long as anyone can remember, and, honestly, no one knows where the fuck it came from. It's locked in with a bazillion gizmos, and they all show up randomly on the sides of the box. Anything- keypads, combination locks, time-based Sudoku puzzles, you name it. The thing is locked tighter than Clef's butthole.
Anyway, we are making progress, probably. Every time we solve something, or we think we do, the box makes this tone and we never see that specific bastard lock again. I think it's working. Some of them have timers on their sides, counting down. Sometimes a little instruction is scribbled on the exterior of the box, most often written in black permanent marker. Usually, though, we're in the dark. If it weren't for some clues, we'd be going nowhere. How else would we have known you had to send it a fax? A fax?! What is this, 1870?
A full list of all these goddamn locking mechanisms are found here.
| Type: | Info: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|
| Standard combination lock | Item requires a five number combination | No solution found |
| Biometric fingerprint scanner | Requires thumbprint of late pianist Mieczysław Horszowski | Thumb is kept in a maximum security cryogenic freezer in Site-131 |
| QWERTY Keyboard and LED TV | Standard alphanumeric Login/Password. Minimum length password of fifty characters | No solution found |
| Connect Four | AI considered to be harder than a 'normal' round | Completed |
| CAPTCHA | Characters match no known language | QWERTY keyboard unable to replicate symbols |
| Trigonometry test | Scantron sheets print out of previously unseen slot | Complete |
| Eating contest | Six saltine crackers dispense from unseen part of the box. All six crackers must be eaten in twenty seconds | Incomplete |
| Hand crank | Simple wooden hand crank, required no special efforts2 | Complete |
| Switches | A grid of 15 x 15 switches in random states. No apparent order | No solution found |
| Internal debate | One random humanoid interacting with the box will enter a catatonic state. This lasts anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour. All report having a "dream-like" experience, wherein they argue with themselves over a transgression from their past. Outcome of argument determines lock state | Complete |
| Tic-Tac-Toe | Box always goes first, always starts in a corner | No solution found |
| Tequila-drinking contest | Endlessly refilling shot glass of tequila manifests on top of box | No survivors |
| Rock, Paper, Scissors | Humanoid hand manifested to participate. Best out of three | Complete |
| Sending the box a fax message, requesting access into the box | Facsimile machine must be placed on top of box | Fax number found on bottom of box |
| The Great Conjunction | Only occurs when Saturn and Jupiter share an ecliptic longitude | Scheduled to complete in December 2020 |
| Pocket Dimension | One side of box will dematerialize to reveal an alternate version of Earth made entirely of denim jean pockets. Remote exploration of area has revealed [DATA EXPUNGED] inside some of the pockets | Incomplete |
| One switch (Protected with a childproof medicine cap) | Cap proved to be easily removable | Complete |
| Reset Pin | Small (350µm) pin required to activate lock | Complete |
| Secret handshake developed by the Administrator | Slot in side of box extends several humanoid hands | Humans do not possess enough hands to complete handshake |
| Deadbolt | Key slot size of human finger, requires insertion and fracture of left pointer finger | Complete |
| Sudoku | Prints and receives from same slot and must be completed within ten minutes. Considered "fucking difficult" | Complete |
| Standard lock-and-key | SCP-005 proved to be capable of disengaging mechanism | Complete |
| Rubik's Cube | Box separates into twenty-seven smaller, connected cubes and randomizes. Goal is to rearrange box to original state within ten minutes | Complete |
| Riddle | A timed locking mechanism that requires one to solve a series of random ambiguous riddles before completion3 | Incomplete |
| [DATA EXPUNGED] | Data expunges | No solution found |
| Cognitive Test | A multi-choice quiz on pattern recognition as massive quantities of smoke confirmed as containing SCP-420-J exude from small holes in the body SCP-????-J's container | THeorettiaklyb iimposlbe Completed. Yassim, you lightweight |
| Personal ZK | Individuals attempting to open box will permanently lose the abstract conceptualization of reality | No solution found |
| Rap battle | Snarky robot voice materializes and challenges individual to a rap battle | No solution found |
| Defensive procedures | Box will growl and attack anyone in sight. Knocking it "unconscious" does the trick | Complete |
| Will | At a random interval, the box will emit cognitohazardous transmissions that cause all involved to lose interest in opening the box. Overpowering this lack of desire completes the mechanism | Complete |
| Cylindrical hole roughly 3.5 cm in diameter | Dr. ████████████ [DATA EXPUNGED] hole | …Completed |
| Staring contest | Large eye manifests on side facing the nearest person. Presumably unlocks when eye contact is broken via demanifestation. Video footage shows an average of 90 minutes until demanifesting | Incomplete |
| Intravenous lines | Seven IV tubes of different colors extend from box. A button corresponds to each color (ROYGBIV) | All aforementioned colors cause individuals to explode |
| Smiling at the box for four hours, to be carried out by members of Mobile Task Force Lambda Omega Lambda ("Happy-go-lucky's") | Smiles must be sincere and performed by at least five individuals | Incomplete |
| Pencil sharpening | A complete Ticonderoga pencil slides out of a hole in the box. Pencil must be placed back into hole, which changes to operate like a pencil sharpener. Upon complete sharpening, lock disengages. No clear way to lose test aside from a free, quality pencil | Complete |
| Salmon | Panels on all side faces of box dematerialize to reveal non-euclidean passages. Salmon gush from compartments, creating debilitating tidal waves of fish. Single button on box disengages lock mechanism | Complete |
| Contract | Contract prints from box stating its official rights to open said lock would be provided cost-free, provided it be processed "correctly". This involves getting the signed copy notarized, framed, and placed on the wall of its containment cell | Complete, but annoying |
| Placing a sandwich on top of the box | Must contain turkey | Completed by accident |
| Two buttons | One large, red button, bearing a skull and crossbones. A small green button with a happy face | No survivors |
SCP-????-J's condition was brought to the attention of Site-44 director Yanni Belushi when O5-1 pointed it out during a leisurely stroll through the facility. The conversation is transcribed below:
SCP-????-J Discovery Transcript Log:
<BEGIN TRANSCRIPT>
O5-1: Oi, what the fuck is that thing?
Belushi: What, that? It's been around here for god knows how long. It's just a box, I think.
O5-1: There are no 'just boxes' in the Foundation. That thing probably has an Apollyon in it, lock that shit down.
Belushi: Yeah, you're probably right. Guard!
Guard: What's up, Belush?
Belushi: Don't call me that, that's not my name. Get this box out of here.
Guard: What, should I throw it in the trash?
Belushi: No, you fucktard, put it in a containment cell. Who knows what is inside the thing.
Guard: I dunno, Belush, thing feels empty.
Belushi: I said don't. Fucking. Call me that. And stop rattling it around, you might piss off whatever is in there.
Guard: I'm telling you mate, this thing is totally empty.
Belushi: And I'm telling you, put that box in a bigger box or else I'll shove my foot so far up your box that you'll be having infant-sized Dockers in nine months.
O5-1: Jesus.
Guard: Alright! Calm your tits man
SCP-????-J's box was then transported to its current containment area. Guard was reprimanded and probably demoted, jackass.
Incident Report ????-1-1A:
During recent testing, several new locking mechanisms have appeared.
| Push-up contest | Must perform fifty (50) push-ups within 45 seconds | Complete |
| Radiation poisoning | Must survive heavy amounts of ionizing radiation, emanating from an unknown source on the box | Incomplete, no survivors |
| Darts | Three (3) darts dispense from previously unobserved carriage. Opposite side of box displays target, and lock disengages once all three darts are thrown from 10m away and make contact with the target | Complete |
| Baking | Random recipe for a sponge-based pastry dispenses and must be completed within thirty minutes | Incomplete |
| Russian Roulette | Six (6) buttons manifest on SCP-????'s container. At least one button causes the interacting individual to terminate. Autopsy revealed internal organ failure due to the sudden manifestation of a Smith and Wesson .38 revolver within the chest cavity | Complete |
Any activity involving the creation of new locking mechanisms should be reported to site head immediately and recorded in SCP-????-J Extended Mechanism Log.
