SCPs

Bored, hungover, tired. So rather then an actual post, I'm just going to come up with some horrible things that would fit into the SCP site I linked to a while back.

Item #: SCP-736

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedure: SCP-736 is to be kept in a locked drawer in the linguistic research offices of site-19, with keys provided only to approved researchers. A record must be kept of SCP-736 being withdrawn, and who is in possession at all times. In the event SCP-736 is found to be missing, all staff leaving the offices will be searched and all fax machines and scanners are to be turned off.

Description: SCP-736 is a number of missing pages from the Voynich manuscript. It is unknown when they were removed from the book. They were retrieved by the foundation during a raid on one Doctor ███ █████ on September 11th 2004, who at the time was believed to have several SCPs in his possession. As most of his collection turned out to be fakes the retrieved 'artifacts' were stored for later processing. During the course of processing the items, SCP-736 was discovered.

SCP-736 is written in the same manner as the rest of the Voynich manuscript, utilising the same writing techniques and raw materials. These pages were originally located at the very end of the manuscript and consisted of the same message written in the original text's unknown language, an arcaic form of German, and a third, unknown language. In a manner similar to the rosetta stone this has allowed foundation linguistic experts to achieve a basic knowledge of both the unknown language, and the language used in the manuscript.

While the translation of the message is spotty at best, currently held beliefs among the linguists who study it is that it is stating the text is classified and for 'elite' eyes only. It is currently unknown who wrote the warning or who the 'elite' allowed to view the text are. Initial research suggested there was a religious connotation in the text suggesting people without authorization who read it were going to be punished by 'the being above', but later translations corrected this, stating that transgressers would be punished by 'people ranked higher then you'. Most alarming about the message is that it identifies the Voynich manuscript as "(Untranslatable)Volume 4: Plants", implying there are at least three other volumes that may potentially exist.

The punishments for those reading the manuscript are quite severe, ranging from simple death, to torture of various forms, to something current translations list as 'rending of the spirit from the body'.

Utilising SCP-736 efforts are underway to translate the rest of the Voynich manuscript, but the work is proceeding slowly. Current speculation says that the manuscript is a list of flora for another planet. There is some description of the planet's sun that makes it sound like type O blue star. Comparisons between the alien flora and plant-life native to earth are often made, suggesting close familiarity with Earth by the writer.


Item #: SCP-758

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedure: SCP-758 is to be kept in a custom made steel container at all times when not being tested. A clamp sits in the box, which is to be used to secure SCP-758 within the box. The clamp is to only be fastened upon the handle of the SCP. Testing on SCP-758 requires special permission from the OS, and any personnel found with SCP-758 in their possession without permission will be terminated as per standard procedure.

Description: SCP-758 looks for all purposes like a three inch long metal nail file. There are hints of rust along the edges, but otherwise it appears to be indestructable by normal means. No major testing has been done to determine the limits of SCP-758's indestructability. All tests upon the construction of the file indicates it is made of normal steel.

When the flat edge of the file is rubbed against any material at all, no matter the hardness or softness of the material, exactly 0.14 centimeters of the material will be destroyed for each stroke of the file. The list of substances this has been tested upon exists in experiment log 758-003, but this destruction seems constant, no matter the substance or the length of the stroke.

Similarly, when the narrow edge of the file is rubbed against any matterial at all exactly 4.89 centimenters of the material will be destroyed with each stroke. Only the portion of material the file directly touches will be destroyed, and it seems to work equally well on organic material and inorganic material.

It is unknown what process is used in the destruction of the materials. Testing reveals that the substance the file is used upon seems to cease to exist upon having the file rubbed against it. This molecular disintegration has no byproduct of any kind (waste products, heat, energy, etc), and there is no indication in the file of what causes this effect.