(Images of SCP-042 have been redacted to avoid incidental activations at this time. Replicas may be produced in its stead for imagery at a future date.) Containment Procedures: SCP-042 is to be held within a 1 meter x 1 meter (3ftx 3ft) steel crate. SCP-042 is never to be directly viewed or handled without proper blinding equipment. Due to Incident Log: 042-02, SCP-042 is not permitted to be used in any test and/or experiments. Description: SCP-042 is believed to be that of a living metalic cube measuring 31 x 31 cm (1 x 1 foot) with various unidentifiable inscriptions upon each of it's surfaces. Scans of several of the inscriptions indicate SCP-042 to be covered in several unknown characters and symbols pertaining to various languages currently mostly unidentifiable. Upon Viewing SCP-042, the object will appear as though it were what the subject assumed, would be the worst possible scenario. Subjects who were blind, Blinded, or rendered unable to see SCP-042 in any capacity, seem to not trigger 042's anomalous properties. Test log 042-01: [quote]Subject: D-7739 D-7739 was instructed to enter a 4 x 10 meter room and observe SCP-042. Results: D-7739 began screaming before turning away and pounding violently at the door to be released. D-7739 left the room unwilling to allow interviews to be conducted.[/quote] Test Log: 042-02 [quote]Subject: D-4638 D-4638 was instructed to remain seated while buckled within a chair while viewing SCP-042. Subject was informed the test would be brief. Results: D-4638 was found expired via 28 stab wounds.[/quote] Test log: 042-03 [quote]Subject: D-7825 D-7825 was to enter a room containing SCP-042. Door was to remain unlocked and accessable. Results: D-7825 was sent flying through the door alongside SCP-042.[/quote] Incident Log 042-01: [quote]During Test 042-03, SCP-042 had exited the room, proceeding to become all participants worst case scenarios leading to the deaths of Agent Hal, Dr. Shen, Dr. Ross, and D-7825. Note: Doors to SCP-042 are to remain locked during testing from now on.[/quote] Test Log: 042-04 [quote]Subject: D-8830 D-8830 was ordered to view SCP-042 while bound to a chair. Results: SCP-042 became a 10 meter (30 foot) entity with seven heads and a constantly altering quantities of limbs.[/quote] Incident Log 042-02: [quote]During test 042-04, SCP 042 breached through the roof causing damage to various facilities along while causing several containment breaches. D-8830 was blinded effectively deactivating 042. Note: SCP-042 is no longer allowed to be tested in any capacity due to the risk posed to Site-OT and staff. Blind or blind folded D-Class personal are to be the only ones to handle SCP-042 in any uncontained capacity and only for the purpose of transport. [/quote] Letter From, Dr. Styx: [quote]Translating the images scanned off of SCP-042 has proven near impossible with the exception of a single word. there are no languages catalogued within foundation databases that seem to match any of the pictures, though to our luck, the GOC has logged away the word "Woe" translated in an old book from their earliest iteration of the coalition within medieval France known as "The Book of the Inverted Tree", or "Book Qliphoth" for short. Unfortunately, as of the moment research is on a standstill, at least until further information is revealed. Thanks, Dr. Alan J Styx[/quote] [spoiler]Got Bored, made a thing. Might make another thing, I dunno. Kind of do want to bring back the whole SCP writing thing but at the same time kind of feel like setting up another project. Not sure yet. But yep it's a thing. Enjoy.[/spoiler]