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Rock Music

(Work in progress! Some sections not yet written. Some notes interspersed. My first SCP. Before throwing tomatoes, ensure that they are not SCP-504 specimens, for your own safety.)

Item #: SCP-xxx

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-xxx is to be contained in a standard EM shielded anomalous materials storage locker. All magnetic storage media and communications devices are to be kept a minimum of 12 centimeres from the locker at all times except for testing purposes.

A single standard audio tape is to be kept in the locker with SCP-xxx. Every 22 hours, this tape is to be replaced with another and reviewed. Any anomalies in the recording are to be noted.

Addendum xxx-01: A standard VHS tape is to be stored and reviewed alongside and in the same manner as the aforementioned audio tape. (need to check the proper format for these addendums)

Description: SCP-xxx is a small rock of pyrite weighing 183 grams. It was found in [REDACTED] by [REDACTED], who kept it on their office desk until noticing its unusual effects, at which time it was retrieved by SCP personnel.

When a magnetic storage medium such as an audio tape or floppy disk is set within 8 centimetres of SCP-xxx, the medium is quickly overwritten with an analog recording of varying content. While this renders floppy disks useless, in the case of audio and video tapes, the recording can be played back in a standard tape player. It takes approximately four (4) seconds to fully overwrite a 60-minute audio tape, or 12 seconds for a 60-minute VHS tape.

It is not currently understood how SCP-xxx records. The object does not appear to emit any energy or magnetic field that could affect the contents of magnetic storage media. The recording process completely erases any existing contents of the media.

The audio generated by SCP-xxx changes every 22 hours 17 seconds. Typically, the sound is a constant tone ranging from ██ to ████hz; however, the following anomalies have been noted:

██/██/20██: Recording consists of a ███hz tone, lasting █ seconds and repeating every ██ seconds for the entire duration.

██/██/20██: Recording consists of a tone sweeping from ██ to ████ hz and back with a period of ███ seconds.

██/██/20██: Recording is completely silent.

██/██/20██: Recording consists of static until 00:49 seconds, followed by [REDACTED] for the remainder.

██/██/20██: Recording consists of a male voice saying "you can't take it" in a distressed tone, repeated for the entire duration.

██/██/20██: Recording consists of many different tones. Although it sounds much like a computer program stored on a tape, it does not correspond to any known data storage format.

██/██/20██: Recording consists of two simultaneous tones of ███ and ████hz. At 24 minutes 8 seconds, the sound of a person gasping can be heard.

██/██/20██: [DATA EXPUNGED]

██/██/20██: Recording consists of 34 seconds of silence, followed by a voice saying "this is not this is the [REDACTED] you can't take it you can't you [REDACTED] why did you". The speech ends abruptly, replaced by [REDACTED] for the remainder of the recording. This is the same voice as the recording from ██/██/20██.

██/██/20██: A 60-minute VHS tape is used. The recorded audio consists of a ███hz tone. The video displays coloured static for the first three (3) minutes, followd by [REDACTED] for 35 minutes. Playback then abruptly stops. Despite seeming to be in good condition, the tape cannot be advanced any further.

██/██/20██: Dr. ███████ accidentally sets his cell phone next to SCP-xxx while retrieving a tape. All contacts stored in the phone immediately and simultaneously receive a call consisting of only a ████hz tone, lasting until they hang up. The phone otherwise does not seem to be affected. Researchers are advised to keep all communications devies away from SCP-xxx from now on.

Digital World

Item #: SCP-xxx

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-xxx-A1 through SCP-xxx-An and a copy of SCP-xxx-B are to be stored in some kind of locker somewhere.
Foundation agents and web crawlers are to monitor the internet for copies of SCP-xxx-B or the anomalous data sequence within it. Should an instance be found, it should be replaced with a non-anomalous copy, and the uploader and all downloaders investigated.

Instances of SCP-xxx-C found outside of SCP-xxx are to be detained and interviewed if possible. Friendly instances are to be housed in a standard Foundation human containment room with reinforced walls until such time as a method is found to return them to SCP-xxx-C. Hostile instances are to be neutralized immediately.

Description:

SCP-xxx is an anomalous space thought to be another dimension of our current reality. SCP-xxx was discovered on ██/██/1999 when 7 children exploring the woods in ████████, Japan were transported into it via an unidentified spacetime anomaly. Analysis of the area has not shown any further anomalies. Following this incident, several instances of SCP-xxx-C appeared in Japan and caused significant damage to major cities before returning to SCP-xxx. Following repairs to the affected areas, the Foundation published several movies and television shows depicting similar events, altering records to indicate these movies were published years earlier, and administered Class-B amnesiacs to witnesses in an effort to convince them that they were confusing natural disasters with events they'd seen in said movies.

SCP-xxx shows similarities to modern day Earth but with different geological features. The area is inhabited by life forms similar to those found on Earth, including mammals, fish, birds and reptiles, designated SCP-xxx-C. Many of these species possess a level of intelligence on par with an average human and speak human languages corresponding to the equivalent Earth regions. (e.g. those found in the areas overlapping Japan speak Japanese.) They appear to be unaware of the existence of Earth or humans. Time appears to pass much slower in SCP-xxx, with subjects reporting to have spent several weeks there after only an hour has passed on Earth.

Electronic devices aside from SCP-xxx-A do not function in SCP-xxx. However, some electronic devices have been found within SCP-xxx, such as telephones. These appear identical to ordinary devices but function differently. For example, the telephones found in SCP-xxx connect immediately to an automated system (despite a lack of any electrical connections or power supply) when picked up. This system speaks nonsensical information such as weather reports (such as "cloudy with a chance of ice cream") and time of day (such as "36 PM"). All electronic devices found in SCP-xxx are found to contain the same material as SCP-xxx-A. Attempts to remove them have been unsuccessful.

SCP-xxx-A1 through SCP-xxx-A8 are 8 handheld electronic devices resembling childrens' toys. These devices were recovered from the children who first entered SCP-xxx. The devices are each linked through unknown means to an instance of SCP-xxx-C, displaying information such as their vital signs and proximity to the device. The devices appear to be only a plastic shell filled with an electrically charged silicate powder. They do not show any manufacturers' markings and have no removable components.

SCP-xxx-B is a computer program recovered from several PCs in ██████. Japan shortly after the discovery of SCP-xxx. The program appears to be an ordinary copy of the game [REDACTED], with the exception of a large portion of data located at offset ████████ in the executable file. This data does not appear to be used by the program and can be altered or removed without any effect except to eliminate SCP-xxx-B's anomalous properties. The data is ██████ bytes in length and follows a pattern of [DATA EXPUNGED]. Inserting this data into other programs has not been found to have any anomalous effect. Upon discovery of the anomalous property of the game, all copies were recalled and a patch issued, removing the anomalous data.

When an instance of SCP-xxx-A is touched to the monitor displaying the game, a portal leading to SCP-xxx opens in place of the monitor's display panel. Subjects within a ███ centimeter radius holding an instance of SCP-xxx-A are pulled into the portal. After approximately █ seconds, the portal closes and the game program crashes. The PC is otherwise unaffected. Persons age 12 or older appear to be unable to enter SCP-xxx even when holding SCP-xxx-A; for this reason, exploration of SCP-xxx has been severely limited. Animals and plants are also unable to enter SCP-xxx.

+ View reports of children's initial exploration of SCP-xxx

On ██/██/1999, the 7 children who were first transported to SCP-xxx, plus another child (found to be the younger sister of █████████████████, one of the initial 7 children), having returned from SCP-xxx, were interviewed by the Foundation. After the interviews, they were issued class-A amnesiacs and released, having been convinced that the events they recalled were those of a TV show and had not really happened.

Following is Dr ████████'s interview with ██████████████████, (dubbed "K") the oldest of the group (translated from Japanese):

Dr ████████: So what happened on ██/██/1999?

K: The 7 of us were on a school trip in ████████. We had went into the forest to gather firewood when a violent snowstorm hit. We had to hide from the storm until it died down. ██████ tried to call for help, but his phone had stopped working; he charged it before we left but somehow it was totally dead. Once we came out of hiding we saw what seemed like a fold in the sky, and the ████████ (SCP-xxx-A) fell out of it, and then it pulled us in.

Dr ████████: What happened once you were being pulled in?

K: It was weird, it was like being sucked into a hole, there was this blocky blue and green texture everywhere and then it all went white. Then we were on the ground, and all the snow was gone, and we realized we didn't know where we were. It wasn't a place we recognized. We walked around a bit and then [REDACTED] found us. They said that we had been "chosen", that they were our partners, that this was a world made of data, inside the real world's computer networks. They said they needed us to help save their world.

Dr ████████: What did [REDACTED] look like?

K: Each one was different. ██████ is a yellow-skinned lizard, about a metre tall, standing upright. Resembles a dinosaur. It can spit fire. ███████ is yellow with a grey fur coat, a little taller than ██████. He spits fire too, but it's blue. ███████ is like a pink bird, maybe 30cm tall. ███████ is like a giant red bug, about 50cm tall. ██████ is a walking cactus, about 50cm tall, green and pink. It has vines that can reach out of it really far, like they're stretching. ███████ is, I'm not sure how to describe it, it's like a hamster or something but with wings, about 15cm tall and orange.

Dr ████████: How long were you there?

K: We were there for about 2 months, but when we came back only an hour had passed. At first we had to eat plants to survive. We couldn't eat the [REDACTED] because they're made of [REDACTED]. When you kill them they just disintegrate. After a while we found other people and [REDACTED] who shared their food with us.

Dr ████████: Wait, there were other humans? Did they explain how they got there? How many were there?

K: They said they'd always been there. Didn't know what we meant about "getting there". Like they didn't know the real world existed. We only ran into a few. Mostly we talked to the [REDACTED].

Dr ████████: Were there other [REDACTED]?

K: Lots of them. Everywhere. Many different kinds. Like the people and animals in our world, there were as many of them and all different kinds. Most of them could talk.

Dr ████████: How did you get back?

K: When we [DATA EXPUNGED] led us to a door that led back to the real world. We had to follow him and stop him from destroying the city.

Dr ████████: How were you able to fight him?

K: The [REDACTED], they get stronger when we're in trouble. Like ██████ turns into ███████, he's way bigger and stronger and has horns. And then he can turn into ████████████, that can shoot missiles. Then they turn back to normal when they're done fighting.

Addendum ██/02/2002: Instances of SCP-xxx-B were recovered from the PCs of [REDACTED] as well as a labratory computer in the [REDACTED] public school in ██████, Japan. Instances were found to be identical to those recovered earlier; investigation into how they were distributed is ongoing. The owners of the PCs were interviewed and found to have entered SCP-xxx in a similar manner to the first group. This once again resulted in [REDACTED] materializing in our world and causing destruction in Japan. This event was handled the same way as the previous occurrence.

Following these events, a Foundation centre, Facility xxx-1, was set up in ██████, under the guise of a top-secret telecommunications research facility dubbed Secure Communication Protocol Research, alleged to be owned by the Japanese government. The facility is staffed by ████ Foundation agents and is used both to monitor telecommunications for events relating to SCP-xxx, and to research potential applications of SCP-xxx.

Addendum ██/09/2002: xxx-1 detected anomalous activity within several telecommunication lines in ██████ and █████ beginning at 03:17 AM and lasting until 03:22 AM. During this period, activity on several internet nodes spiked to rates of ███ GB/s, though other nodes connected to them showed no such activity, suggesting the data was originating from the networking equipment within those nodes. Investigation showed the equipment had not been tampered with in any way and was functioning normally. Data collected shows patterns similar to those of SCP-xxx-B but has not been decipherable. The receiving endpoints of the data were the homes of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Additionally, copies of the data were routed through node [REDACTED]; the data was logged as having been forwarded on from that node but never arriving. Examination showed the cable connecting this node to the next had been chewed by rats, exposing the wiring.

Foundation agents investigated the two endpoints as well as the site of the damaged cable for possible anomalies. Their findings are located in Document xxx-D1.

+ View Document xxx-D1

██/09/2002: Investigation of endpoints of anomalous transmission observed on ██/09/2002.

Endpoint 1: Address [REDACTED]. Home of ████████ family: father ██████, mother █████, son ███ and daughter ████████.

Investigation results: Occupants deny knowledge of any anomalous events, however ██████ and ███ appear distressed at being visited by agents. ██████ noted as having worked on [REDACTED], suspected to be related to the creation of SCP-xxx. ███ noted to be very protective of a plush doll of the character ██████████ from SCP-xxx-B, approximately 40cm tall. Agents later confirmed the doll to be an instance of SCP-xxx-C. Investigation into how SCP-xxx-C is able to exist outside of SCP-xxx and how it arrived here is ongoing and suspected to relate to the anomalous transmissions.

Endpoint 2: Address [REDACTED]. Home of █████ family: grandmother ████████, mother ███ and daughter ████.

Investigation results: Occupants deny knowledge of any anomalous events. Agents observe a figure resembling ███████ from SCP-xxx-B, approximately 6 metres tall, briefly appearing in the garden as they approach the home. Figure later confirmed to be an instance of SCP-xxx-C travelling with ████.

Endpoint 3: Address [REDACTED]. Abandoned factory.

Investigation results: Agents discover damaged telecommunications cable running through the sewers below, confirmed to be the cable in which the anomalous transmission disappeared. Cable repaired and equipped with shielding to prevent future rodent damage. Area surrounding damaged portion of cable observed to be marked with fractal burn marks consistent with those found at the sites of lightning strikes. Fingerprints of ██████ █████ recovered from nearby walls. Agents sent to home of ██████ to investigate.

██████ denies knowledge of SCP-xxx and related objects until Agent █████████ discovers an instance of SCP-xxx-C hiding in his closet. ██████ identifies the creature as ███████ and explains that he "created" him. Unlike the others, ███████ does not appear in SCP-xxx-B. Attempts to recover the specimen [DATA EXPUNGED]

Addendum ██/10/2002: At 08:11 PM a beam was observed to emit from the top of xxx-1, creating a portal to SCP-xxx in the sky above the building, causing [DATA EXPUNGED]. Class-B amnesiacs were adminstered to all witnesses. Reports that this was done deliberately by Agent ██████ are being investigated.

Reclassification to Keter is being considered based on the apparent possibility for instances of SCP-xxx-C and entrances to SCP-xxx appearing spontaneously in our world.

+ Author's Notes

So yeah, this is Digimon as an SCP. I suppose SCPs based on existing fiction are frowned upon but I thought documenting it from a Foundation perspective could be interesting. The existence of a "parallel dimension" and the implications of things leaking from there into our world; the Foundation's efforts to cover it all up by convincing people it was just a movie they saw (there are a lot of "monster attacks Japan" movies/shows, including obviously Digimon itself, so this seemed ideal); the monitoring of the network (implying the agents seen in Digimon Tamers are Foundation agents).

It might be a little long winded, and I'd need to go back through the shows to verify some events/dates and the lengths of blacked-out names. I haven't finished watching yet so there might be some things missing. In particular it might be nice to replace the interview with something better explaining the kids' visit to SCP-xxx before they're anmesiac'd. (Especially since those same kids are still aware of it all in the second series. How do we explain that?) Maybe interviews with the mons themselves would be nice to have. I don't want to deviate too far from the shows' storylines, but since I haven't finished them yet I might be straying already.

Forgive me.

(sand)