This page is an extension of my IT sandbox, the Bench, and of my EN to IT translation page.
- Useful thingamabobs
- SCP-004-IT - The New World
- SCP-012-IT - Waltz No. 2
- SCP-021-IT - The Capitoline Wolf
- SCP-034-IT - The Perfect Gardener's Kit
- SCP-105-IT - Hallucinogenic Anachronistic Excrements
- SCP-115-IT - The Duke's Prison
Author: [[*user ]]
Translator: Luke mcDonut
Link to original work: NAME
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Item #: SCP-012-IT
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-012-IT is to be held in a 25 m × 25 m × 4m chamber in Site Minerva. A twenty-meter radius danger red zone has been established around SCP-012-IT. So as not to rely too heavily on D Class personnel, the Site Director has ruled that only these personnel already influenced by SCP-012-IT in the past might be allowed access to the item's red zone and permitted to remove and handle it in case testing doesn't contemplate further interactions than the aforementioned.
All affected subjects are to be held in the East Wing of the Site. In light of the events of 17/03/████, all subjectsaffected by SCP-012-IT are to be contained in Wing ██ of the Site, which is to be locked down and constantly surveiled by at least 2 guards. Any variation in the affected subjects' is to be immediately reported to the Director.
All staff member are to take the utmost care not to trespass into SCP-012-IT's red zone in any case. Requests for further tests and experimentations are to be submitted to the research lead.
Description: SCP-012-IT is a ten-page-long orchestral score for russian composer Dimitrij Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2, from his "Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2". The item does not, in and of itself, show any anomalous characteristics and is physically identical to any other copy of the waltz printed on white paper. The first page of the sheet bears the phrase "Transcription curated by Prof. ████"; the signing individual has not been identified and the Foundation was unable to find any correspondence in any register. Further research is in progress.
SCP-012-IT's anomaly manifest whenever a human being comes into its radius of action, which swings unpredictably between 17 and 19 meters in diameter, and stays in it for a time equal or superior to 17 seconds. SCP-012-IT makes the subjects it affects capable of expressing themselves via vocalization only by imitating the perfect sound of a musical instrument, eliminating every other sounds their vocal apparatus would produce. Timbre and range of the instruments resemble those of their physical counterpart and are currently being tested. The instruments vary in an apparently casual way, to this date the following have been documented:
- 8 violins
- 4 celli
- 3 double basses
- 5 trumpet
- 6 saxes
- 13 guitars (of which 7 classical, 2 acoustic, and 4 electric)
- 2 euphoniums
- 2 snare drums
- 3 bass drums
- 1 oboe
- 4 clarinet
- 2 pianos
- 1 harp
The way SCP-012-IT induces such an effect, without modifying the anatomy of the vocal apparatus of subjects, is so far unknown and currently being tested. The effect happens suddenly, to the point the subjects tend not to immediately notice of the modification they've undergone. No way to revert subjects to their original state has been discovered and the process is apparently irreversible. The exposition to SCP-012-IT has no impact on the written word, through which subjects are still able to express themselves.
Affected subjects are also able to immediately read any music score they are presented with and subsequently reproduce it, independently from their previous abilities in the field. The reading of scores is described as "instinctive" and "immediate", as if music were any other language.
After about a week from the exposition, subjects enter the so-called "advanced state", during which they express the impellent urge and necessity to play in a group. Tests consisting of group playing of pieces, in order to conduct a more in-depth study of the evolution of SCP-012-IT's effects on subjects, have been approved.
Note from Dr. Sanzio: It's been noted that the executions of pieces have a highly relaxing and stress-relieving effect on Researchers. Therefore, also given the extremely high quality and the success in integrally executing Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9" and Ravel's "Boléro" during tests, the active employment of this practice is encouraged.
Recovery: SCP-012-IT was recovered in the residence of one D███ G█████, former member of the PCI1 from 19██ to 1991, following his suspected suicide; he was already under investigation by SIR-II for his alleged involvement in the 20/03/19██ "Marx-IV" Incident. Dr. █████ was responsible for the recovery and containment of SCP-012-IT after the understanding of its anomalous properties.
SCP-012-IT was located inside a sheet binder labelled "Active Revolution". Every other recovered sheet has been has been examined and archived, and does not present anomalous characteristics.
Incident 012-01: At precisely 19:17 of 17/03/████, all SCP-012-IT-affected subjects began emitting wails and "screams", bending over and holding their heads between their hands. They reported hearing in their heads an incessant rhythm comprising four beats corresponding to their instrument, and a deep male voice that repeated the same phrase endlessly. Transcription of a quote by patient 012-36 follows:
Make it stop! Make the noise stop!
The voice. The voice is infinite, it begins and begins again: "No more half-measures. No more silk-gloves".
They want us to become like them! The want to start a new Revolution, and we are their vanguard! They say it's the weak's fault if they failed the first time, without those the Revolution would've been Permanent and Universal! Make them stop, make them stop!
The noise in my head, the endless drums, the voice. Make them stop!
At exactly 19:17 of the following day, the effect on the subjects abruptly ceased and they started acting as they did before, without retaining any memory of what had transpired. The subjects are to be, from now on, constantly monitored and secured in case similar any events occur again.
« SCP-011-IT | SCP-012-IT | SCP-013-IT »
Item #: SCP-021-IT
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-021-IT-1 and SCP-021-IT-2 cannot be separated, because a separation would have extremely grave repercussions on SCP-021-IT-1's health.
SCP-021-IT-1 and 2 have been placed inside an artificial biome in Site Cerere which reproduces the place of their discovery. Ambient conditions are to be replicated with the utmost precision. The temperature of the biome is never to exceed 18°C and humidity is never to exceed 40%. It has been observed that SCP-021-IT's undergoes a rapid deterioration in any case the aforementioned conditions aren't met.
Artificial wind and rain are to be induced in the biome every seven days at exactly 16:00 in order to keep the terrain and vegetation adequately hydrated and favour spontaneous pollination.
Description: SCP-021-IT-1 is a specimen of Italian Wolf (Canis lupus italicus), measuring 70 cm of height at the withers and 33 kg of weight, characterised by an unusually long and black-reddish-coloured fur never before observed in exemplars of the same species.
The specimen looks extremely aged and specific veterinary analyses have established it has reached the incredible age of [REDACTED]. Further analyses have led to the redaction of an accurate report about its conditions (for an extract, see Addendum 021-IT-1).
SCP-021-IT-2 is a couple of grey humanoid, completely hairless and measuring 28 cm in height. Their faces present deformed features, such as single, circular amber eyes in the middle of their foreheads, devoid of pupil and eyelid; particularly small, up-turned noses, and slit-like, tooth- and gingiva-less mouths. Their upper and lower limbs alike are very thin and apparently atrophic. Their hands have six fingers but no opposable thumbs, and they possess no feet: their legs simply end with levigated stumps.
SCP-021-IT-2 instances seem to have a constant need to feed with SCP-021-IT-1's milk, which seems to be infinitely produced by the wolf's mammary glands. The reason behind the decision on SCP-021-IT-1's part to let SCP-021-IT-2 feed on its milk, along with the effects the separation from the entity would have caused, were completely unknown until the Superintendence agreed to let tests be carried out on SCP-021-IT.
After thorough analyses and studies carried out in loco, it was observed that the separation of SCP-021-IT-1 from SCP-021-IT-2 causes the following phenomena:
- Screams of pain or anger (or both) from SCP-021-IT-1, which after [REDATTO] seconds manifests symptoms rather similar to those of an epileptic crisis, with violent convulsions and froth to the mouth. Signs of precocious and extremely fast aging become visible once the crisis is over: the wolf loses a deal of fur locks and the remaining ones begin noticeably greying. After about [REDACTED] minutes the process ends and the wolf falls into a state not dissimilar to catalepsy, during which it shows no sign of life and its body temperature drastically fall until it reaches [DATA EXPUNGED]. Thus, from the wolf's mammary glands begin to flow copious quantities of milk.
- Both instances of SCP-021-IT-2 begin emitting at the same time a distorted and extremely high-pitched wail, which causes in those who hear it a range of effects including dizziness, nausea, slight view blurring and hearing [DATA EXPUNGED]. This "cry" seems to be some kind of defensive system aimed at leading any listeners to bring the humanoids back to the wolf so they can start feeding on its milk again.
When the SCP-021-IT-2 instances are returned to SCP-021-IT-1 the suction of milk begins anew immediately and SCP-021-IT-1, once reawakened, slowly returns to its normal conditions.
Due to the creatures' cry and the rapid deterioration suffered by SCP-021-IT-1 following separation from SCP-021-IT-2, of the later two it was possible to obtain but a portion of cutaneous tissue, which is currently being analysed in Site Cerere's laboratories.
Addendum 021-IT-1: Medical analyses on SCP-021-IT-1, extract
Subject: SCP-021-IT-1
Class: Mammalia
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: C. lupus
Subspecies: C. l. italicus
Sex: Female
Age: [REDACTED]The specimen showed itself to be extremely aggressive towards anyone who attempted to separate it from SCP-021-IT-2, making it necessary to carry out all of the following analyses inside the biome.
Physical Conditions: Excellent. In spite of the forced and prolongated immobility caused by the presence of SCP-021-IT-2, the specimen's muscles do not show any trace of atrophy; similarly, joints and articulations are in perfect condition, absolutely devoid of any kind of bone pathology. […] The teeth are extremely consumed, almost to their root. Nonetheless, SCP-021-IT-1 was never seen feeding nor does it look like it needs to feed as long as it stays in contact with SCP-021-IT-2.
[…] SCP-021-IT-1's mammary glands seem to be perpetually full of milk, necessary for the nourishment of SCP-021-IT-2. Due to the constant suction they're subjected to, the glands are gravely inflamed, and contact with them causes the animal great pain alongside an aggressive reaction against any subject which is not SCP-021-IT-2. […]
Final note:
It's extraordinary. Simply extraordinary. Any other creature from that time is nothing but a fossil now, yet she is alive. Not only that: she's in perfect health too. I can't believe how it can be possible.
- Dr. Gennaro Annone
Addendum 021-IT-2: Note by Dr. Luigi Foriani, Vice-Director, Site Cerere
These beings are fascinating and terrible at a time. Fascinating because they show us reaching immortality is a concrete and achievable reality. Terrible because they slam in our face the price that has to be paid to reach that reality.
I ask myself what has lead that magnificent wolf to accept such a compromise: there does not seem to be any reason why she would want to live still. Yet there she is, unmoving, forced in a horrifying symbiosis with those aberrant creatures.
But maybe there is no real motivation behind her choice. Maybe animals are more human than what we believe, and this wolf has simply bent her knee to the weakest of human tendencies: the fear of death.
« SCP-020-IT | SCP-021-IT | SCP-022-IT »
Every component of SCP-034-IT, photographed at the moment of discovery.
Item #: SCP-034-IT
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-034-IT is to be contained in a standard security safe, protected by a numeric keypad and relative code, in Site Vesta. All personnel outside Class D may obtain access to the safe, but said access has to be authorized by the Lead Researcher and has to be for testing or other justified ends. The numeric code is to be changed every three months. SCP-034-IT is not to be handled by personnel with a past of violence, instability or contact with any mind- or personality-altering Elements.
Description: SCP-034-IT has the appearance of a normal, non—anomalous kit for gardening aficionados, held in a carrying bag and bearing the tag "The Perfect Gardener's Kit" printed in large characters on one of its sides. On the side opposite to the tag-bearing one is printed a barcode which is not anyway not identifiable nor verifiable. SCP-034-IT includes a varying number of gardening utensils, which at the moment of writing are fifteen. Were this number to cange again, the Research team for SCP-034-IT is to be alerted and Addendum-034-Var is to be updated.
SCP-034-IT è stato ritrovato nel Giardino Botanico Comunale di ██████, in █████████, ed è stato contenuto con successo dopo aver causato vari episodi anomali. Altre ricerche sull'origine di SCP-034-IT sono state infruttuose.
Le proprietà anomale di SCP-034-IT variano a seconda di chi maneggia e fa utilizzo degli oggetti presenti all'interno della borsa da trasporto. In base ad ogni osservazione compiuta finora, gli individui che non hanno subito traumi psicologici o eventi simili in passato si sentiranno molto meglio anche solo dopo aver maneggiato qualche utensile di SCP-034-IT assieme a qualche fiore o zolla di terreno, anche se il tempo necessario affinché tali effetti benefici si manifestino varia da persona a persona. Oltre a considerarlo il "miglior hobby del mondo" e a "voler ripetere il tutto", i Soggetti venuti a contatto con SCP-034-IT o almeno due dei suoi componenti si sono sentiti incredibilmente soddisfatti da qualsiasi loro azione compiuta, pur non avendo mai amato il giardinaggio. Dopo ogni seduta sono state documentate strane "sparizioni o "aggiunte" ai componenti dell'Elemento, che finora non sembrano seguire un percorso preciso, e spesso alternano oggetti per nulla inerenti al giardinaggio con altri utensili utili legati a tale hobby. Tutto ciò che appare dentro SCP-034-IT può essere rimosso e perde tutte le caratteristiche anomale, ma solo se tale oggetto non è per nulla legato al giardinaggio, poiché in quel caso sparirà nel giro di 24 ore per ricomparire dentro SCP-034-IT.
Fare rumore o tentare di distogliere l'individuo che sta utilizzando SCP-034-IT non provocherà alcun effetto, tranne una reazione scontrosa o occasionalmente qualche insulto per il "non rispettare la quiete altrui". Si è quindi dimostrato imperativo non far utilizzare SCP-034-IT a chiunque abbia un passato certificato come violento o instabile. Sono in allestimento sedute psichiatriche che vanno effettuate prima di ogni test.
Nota del Dr.█████: Le sedute sono state dichiarate superflue e a quanto pare "annullavano" i benefici portati da SCP-034-IT. Fino a ulteriori scoperte, SCP-034-IT rimarrà a disposizione del personale che riterrà di volerne fare uso. Non saranno tuttavia autorizzate esposizioni con il personale di Classe D.
Addendum-034-Var: Di seguito sono elencati i test più rilevanti compiuti finora con SCP-034-IT.
[Test A-210 - Data: [REDATTO]]
Soggetto: Agente A█████ G██████████, responsabile del recupero dell'Oggetto.
Dettagli del Test: l'Agente A█████ è stato lasciato da solo nella Camera Test #122 della Sezione C del Sito. Sono stati forniti al Soggetto cibo e acqua sufficienti per un test prolungato della durata di █ ore. Tre diverse vasche di terra raccolta dall'Esterno del Sito e sei normali pacchetti di semi di vario tipo sono state posizionate all'interno della Camera. Fu ordinato al Soggetto di fare "quel che voleva" con SCP-034-IT.
Risultati: Dopo circa tre ore di continuo utilizzo (a questo punto il Soggetto aveva completamente svuotato per terra il contenuto delle vasche e aveva iniziato a creare una piccola collinetta di terra, senza apparente motivo) SCP-034-IT ha generato un piccolo libro in edizione tascabile e piuttosto invecchiato al suo interno. Quando è stato fatto notare al Soggetto (che aveva utilizzato finora solo tre utensili), quest'ultimo è diventato molto felice, dichiarando che lo cercava da "molto tempo" e che era un suo ricordo d'infanzia: l'Agente ha poi riposto tutti gli utensili originari ed è uscito dalla stanza. I semi non sono stati toccati, e nemmeno le scorte fornite, ma il Soggetto ha dichiarato di aver davvero apprezzato l'esperienza. L'Agente A█████ è rimasto in uno stato umorale positivo per circa due settimane dopo il test, nonostante la sua esposizione ad altri SCP di Classe Keter.
Analisi: È possibile che SCP-034-IT impari a "capire" il suo utilizzatore nel corso di lunghe sessioni, e interrompa volontariamente il contatto con esso elargendo qualcosa. Test più approfonditi sono richiesti per scoprire se SCP-034-IT è in grado o meno di generare ricordi importanti per la persona che è a contatto con esso. - Dr.███████
[Test A-220 - Data: 21/10/2012 __Incidente 034-IT-01]
Soggetto: Il Dr. Filippo S███████, Ricercatore recentemente coinvolto in una violazione di contenimento e profondamente scioccato dalla perdita di quasi tutto il suo Staff. Si è sottoposto volontariamente al test dopo aver letto delle sue proprietà benefiche.
Procedura: È stato concesso l'uso di 4 metri quadrati di terreno fresco, profondo circa tre metri e estratto sempre dai dintorni del Sito. Al posto di semi questa volta sono state provvedute piante già travasate nel terreno della Camera Test e un piccolo lavello collegato alla rete idrica del Sito. SCP-034-IT non riportava alcun utensile fuori posto, ma durante il trasporto verso la Camera ha generato un piccolo annaffiatoio che nessun membro del Personale ha notato al suo interno fino all'inizio del test. Il test era impostato per avere una durata di █ ore.
Risultati: Nuovamente, al raggiungimento delle tre ore, SCP-034-IT ha generato un qualcosa di estraneo ai suoi utensili. Il Soggetto nel frattempo stava annaffiando (utilizzando sempre gli utensili di SCP-034-IT) e controllando le varie piante assegnategli. Una volta però informato, il Soggetto ha immediatamente cessato tali operazioni e ha aperto SCP-034-IT per poi diventare improvvisamente agitato e gettare quella che appariva essere una fotografia del Dr. S███████ in compagnia dei suoi colleghi deceduti. Le urla e le imprecazioni del Soggetto contro SCP-034-IT sembravano sottolineare come quella foto non era mai stata scattata e che SCP-034-IT "mi sta prendendo per il [ESPLICITO]". Subito dopo, le piante presenti hanno iniziato a crescere incredibilmente in altezza, superando qualsiasi limite imposto dalla loro specie, e hanno afferrato in più punti il Soggetto, stringendolo nei suoi punti vitali e trascinandolo nel terreno. Il Sito Asclepio è stato posto sotto isolamento per una possibile breccia del contenimento, ma circa 4 minuti e 34 secondi dopo il sistema di sorveglianza ha ripreso a funzionare e l'accesso alla Camera Test è stato ripristinato. Non è stata ritrovata alcuna traccia del Dr. S███████, e tutte le piante assegnate erano completamente prive di vita e rinsecchite. La Camera è stata sterilizzata ed SCP-034-IT è stato nuovamente contenuto con successo.
Analisi: "Tale test sarà classificato d'ora in poi "Incidente 034-IT-01 per ordine dell'S5-█. Non deve mai più essere autorizzato Sarà disposto solo un altro un test relativo all'uso di Soggetti dal passato violento." - Dr. Kevin
[Test A-7690 - REDATTO]
Soggetto: D-7690, arrestato e portato a conoscenza della Fondazione dopo aver assassinato la sua ragazza e quello che lui ha sostenuto essere il suo amante.
Procedura: Stessa Camera del precedente Test, ripulita e priva di piante, onde evitare il ripetersi dell'Incidente. Una piccola vaschetta di terra con qualche seme al suo interno è stata fornita.
Per ordine del Capo Ricercatore Dr. L██████ S███████, ogni altro dettaglio relativo al Test è stato posto sotto censura e visibile solo allo Staff autorizzato
Note aggiuntive: "Che sia messo a verbale che io richiedo che SCP-034-IT finisca tra gli Euclid. Mi opporrò formalmente ad altri Test con il personale di Classe D." - Dr.█████
Proposta Test A-780█ - Data: [NON AUTORIZZATO]
È attualmente in discussione se o meno impiegare nuovamente il Personale di Classe D o se è necessaria la ricollocazione di SCP-034-IT prima di effettuare ulteriori test.
« SCP-033-IT | SCP-034-IT | SCP-035-IT »
Author: Luke mcDonut
Translator: Luke mcDonut
Link to original work: SCP-105-IT - Escrementi Allucinogeni Anacronisttici
Item #: SCP-105-IT
Object Class: Safe Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: Given its decease on 16/07/1971, SCP-105-IT is to be considered neutralized and does not thus need any Special Containment Procedures.
The remaining SCP-105-IT-A instances are contained in a Storage Containment for biological remains in *siti-italiani.
Not needing any particular care and requiring only food, water and a litter, SCP-105-IT is housed in a standard stable in *siti-italiani outfitted with a manger and a trough.
Description: SCP-105-IT has been a male Vicugna pacos2 specimen that lived from an unknown date, presumably antecedent August 1775, to 1971. Despite apparently not differing in anything from a standard specimen, SCP-105-IT possessed a number of more or less evident anomalous characteristics, first and most obvious of which was its extreme longevity3. Other easily spottable peculiarity was the total absence of movement outside its face and anus: SCP-105-IT was indeed incapable of locomotion4 and its only movements were finalized towards feeding and producing SCP-105-IT-A.
SCP-105-IT-A is the collective designation given to calcareous formations, vaguely polyhedral in shape similar to thesnub square antiprism
,5 and made out of extremely friable chalk, that SCP-105-IT's organism produced instead of regular excrements. SCP-105-IT-A instances possess a potent hallucinogenic effect which manifests as a consequences of the destruction, intentional or accidental, of one or more of them.
Whoever destroys a unit of SCP-105-IT-A suffers an auditory hallucination consisting of a commentary, by an as-yet-unidentified individual designated SCP-105-IT-B, of an apparently random historical event which took place between 1773 and 1948. SCP-105-IT-B's tone of voice isn't consistent over time: in the first record compiled by the Order of Janus there was mention of a "speech pronounced sombrely, with an attitude very much conspiratorial" whilst, after tests carried out when SCP-105-IT was contained by the Foundation, provided testimonies included "a subdued yet huffy tone", some descriptions of screams and clamours or, in a single case, "incoherent noises interrupted by sobs and sighs." The hallucinations follows a scheme consisting of an incipit, or the enunciation of the date corresponding to the event which will be commented, the description of the event (more or less detailed) and a closing statement; the duration of the hallucinations is variable, with the shortest recorded one having a duration of "approximately a dozen seconds" and the longest one exceeding four hours.
Despite there not appearing to exist any criterion behind the choice of the historical event which will be described, the probability that it concern either Napoleon I Bonaparte or Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy is high when compared to the rest of the events of the almost two hundred years of history touched by SCP-105-IT-B's commentary: according to the history of tests carried out on the anomaly, the deeds of the aforementioned rulers are the topic of three auditory hallucinations out of ten.
Addendum 105-A — Original Order of Janus documentation
Following are interesting extracts of the work "On the beast that perturbed the county of Grugliasco last Summer," commented. The work has been produced by Giovanni Maria Porrazzini, Pinerolese6 botanist, and Aiace Minghetti, Lodigiano7 chemist, affiliates of the Austrian Order of Janus from 1772 until the withdrawal of the organization from Piedmont in 1790; completed in 1775, of the two printed copies one had been submitted to the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Joseph II, the other had beeen archived in the Viennese HQ of the of the Order. Of the archived copy, inherited by the modern-day Order of Janus, a digital version has been donated to the Foundation.
⠀ the botanist Porazzini and the alchemist Minghetti humbly
⠀ to Your Majesty Emperor of the Romans Joseph II present
⠀ their Study
on the beast that last summer perturbed the county of Grugliasco, Savoyard,
and propose for it , creature that does not represent any danger — despite being of usefulness most great for the Order and Your Majesty at once — the denomination of "Piedmontese sheep" in order to work around many a conundrum: soon regarding these elaboration is to come.
Without into excessive speculation wanting to dive, the Order of Janus whole wants to make Your Majesty aware that the sheep is an animal borne of the mountains of Peru and Chile, lands that the Crown of Spain for itself took years ago despicably; there is thus the question to be asked whether it has come to Piedmont with a master from Spain or maybe Indio, and how and why this has been. Your Majesty keep this in mind, but let such a possibility not descourage Him: the Order reiterates that the creature constitutes no danger.
The authors propose that the Piedmontese sheep is immediately handed into the care of Your Majesty, given the beneffits which would come of this for Your Majesty and the Empire. The authors hold the belief that, despite being its abilities not of the kind most common, nor of the most understandable nor appreciable at a first look, the sheep is an exceptional creature for the power over which the empires of the entire world would move each other war. Your Majesty will not find in this here text a single hyperbole, one exaggeration; always have the politician, the general, dreamed of being able to see the future before his adversary. Always has there been a hunt for the spyglass able tosee one day, one month, one year forward from us: now that it exists it is legitimate for the Empire to have it.
Of the sheep and the things it made heard, terrible, or comical, and oftentimes mysterious already word had been circulating or one or two weeks when the authors came to the area to verify for themselves and for the Order what had been happening, and to subsequently be able to report to Your Majesty about it. It was on a causeway, unmoving, and the people of the county kept themselves at a considerable distance from it, surely attracted by its reputation but timorous and restrained as the inhabitants of that feud of Turin are known to be. Mister Porrazzini, in his enthusiasm of wanting to observe that which manifested itself as a small creature, and certainly rather young, brought himself behind it and unwillingly trampled its excreta. Suddenly he was like struck by thunder and took one and then two hops backwards, clearly absorbed by some kind of thing, looking at Mister Minghetti and evry one of those who were passing by, his surroundings also looking for something, moving his gaze in such an erratic fashion Mister Minghetti felt the need to succour him, and took to shaking him.
Having described his experience with all the minutia which characterises him, Mister Porrazzini thus did bring his colleague up to date. They accompanied the beast to the nearest park with gentle pushes (it is a docile one, verily, and prone to following any order it is imparted) and sat on a tree-stump found there, long did they discuss the abilities of its, on how, on why and on when, and the possibilities it open for the Empire and for the Order. Immediately did they convene that to the biology of the creature mone must have put hand, and with a specific design in mind: the immobility of its body could not be but in order to perturb who observed it carefully, the bizarre shape of its wastes and the little odour they emitted in order to attract curious men and scientists, at a time, so that on its nature they'd wonder. Maybe that its master, because a master it must not be without, or must not have been without, wanted ingenious minds to follow that specific design? Maybe that he looked for specific men or women?
Being done with their general reflections, the authors move on to the conclusion of their text.
According to the Order of Janus's documents, Joseph II refused to take SCP-105-IT with him due to such a thing being "inappropriate for a man in his position". The Austrian Order was anyhow encouraged to persevere in the study of SCP-105-IT in order to benefit for itself from the anomaly's capabilities, and to indulge in research less strictly tied to the political sphere.
Addendum 105-B — Instances of hallucination caused by SCP-105-IT-A
Following are the transcriptions of a certain number of hallucinations which followed the destruction of an instance of SCP-105-IT-A, alongside date and the context for the hallucination's manifestation, its content and eventual note. Be it noted that the immediate transcription didn't come into use before 1946. Hallucinations which manifested in the 1948 - 19718 period will not be taken into consideration.
Date: 08/1775 (day not recorded) (#0001)
Context: first recorded hallucination. Manifestation provoked accidentally (see Addendum 105-A).
Content: "It's the Second of December. Anno Domini one-thousand-eight-hundred-and-four: a man, to somebody a new Caesar, to others a new Robespierre, towers over all his contemporaries and…" [interruption of unspecified duration] "Who do you think would've bet? Somebody so borious and vanaglorious and, and, and…! [indistinct shuffling] Furthermore, and furthermore everybody already knows, yes, and there's no reason for me to fcus on such things, when I have much more important matters to tend to. Why think about his actions still? This is the tenth time— no, the twelfth or maybe," [further interruption] "yes, that's it, I wasn't wrong. Remind me to delete the previous. Those who have ears to hear… can't be otherwise. They'l understand, they'll let themselves be guided and all will be well. The hints are enough already. It's time to deliver it, come on. Ours will be a courier of exception."
Note(s): on the 02/12/1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned. SCP-105-IT-B's words imply that this hallucination has been the last chronologically "recorded" before SCP-105-IT's delivery (presumably) to its location of recovery.
Date: 24/12/1794 (#0231)
Context: possible unauthorized experiment carried out during a time of co-authority over SCP-105-IT by Porrazzini/Minghetti and unknown third parties. Involved personnel not documented.
Content: "From the narrator, now old, to the listener, a Christmas gift. Know that, like me, you'll find yourself on the edge of an invisible precipice and like me you'll fall without noticing. I speak to you from the bottom and implore you to remember the fall, once you'll be down here. Let's start from the foundations: Napoleon, the Kingdom of Italy, America, the Georgits.
[TWENTY-FIVE-MINUTE-LONG EXPLANATION OF THE CROWNING OF NAPOLEON, THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY, THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE WORK OF THE KNIGHTS OF SAINT GEORGE IN EUROPA IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE XIX CENTURY REMOVED]
Now, all of this you already know as probably as it is probable you don’t. It is also possible, and this I hope, that my version of events sounds alien, sounds extraneous to you. It’s possible you’re asking yourselves why I didn’t mention the Continental System, or Messer’s theses. These are my times, which will be yours too, unless they aren’t- that they won’t have been. To keep it short, all will be more or less like this.
[SIX-HUNDRED-THIRTY-MINUTE-LONG ABRIDGED ACCOUNT OF ALL THE MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE 1804–1945 PERIOD REMOVED]
I don’t know where the change has happened. I don’t know and tomorrow I won’t even notice a change has happened at all, this I know for sure. Try to prevent it. In the case you succeed, welcome to the world. In the case you don’t, I reiterate my welcome. It’ll surely be easier now than it has been before."
Note(s): the purpose of the "recording" is not known to the Foundation nor, according to what Giovanni Maria Porrazzini noted in his personal diary, to the Order of Janus. The historical elements to which the recording refers (the Continental System and Messer) do not correspond to anything known to the public or the Foundation.
Date: 31/10/1814 (#0412)
Context: Order of Janus experiment carried out on the occasion of the official presentation of SCP-105-IT to Napoleon Bonaparte. The encounter between an unspecified number of Patres Tabularii9 of the Order and the former emperor on Elba Island took place without any difficulty due to the complicity of the almost non-existent authorities of the Island’s Principality.
Content: "Anno domini nineteen-forty-eight, fifteenth of May. Ago della bilancia? [EXPLICIT], who’d have guessed."
Note(s): the Order of Janus document which contained the transcription of the meeting with the recently-deposed Napoleon has been lost. What is reported above has been extracted from Giovanni Maria Porrazzini’s private diary: the botanist had allegedly been summoned by the French branch of the Order (still loyal to Bonaparte), which had obtained custody over SCP-105-IT from the Austrian branch, to participate in the meeting in the role of foremost expert on the matter of SCP-105-IT. After A. Minghetti’s death, which occurred in the first days of June of the same year, Porrazzini had effectively become the single eminent expert on the matter, having been one of the two sole caretakers of SCP-105-IT from 1775 to 1995.
Date: 06/07/1860 (#1258)
Context: Roman Ordo routine experiment; the aforementioned branch had acquired SCP-105-IT by preventing it return to Vienna in July 1815.
Content: "[sobs, incoherent sounds]"
Note(s): n/a
Date: 25/10/1893 (#1493)
Context: Roman Ordo experiment. Destruction of the SCP-105-IT-A instance carried out through mechanical means (mallet); the hallucination afflicted the initiate who destroyed the instance.
Content: "November Thirteen, nineteen-twenty, year of the lord who watches over history but says nothing. A thing which needed not to be done has been done. The date is not right… Could be a problem for you, but I trust you will be able to overcome it. I don’t think it’ll be easily known it is: I can only hope. This is but the last of the events that affect me closely. Little things that, together, will end up amounting to too much. I need to get out of this as soon as I can. A little more and I’ll be done."
Note(s): n/a.
Date: 14/01/1927 (#1547)
Context: Order of Janus routine experiment.
Content: "Nineteenth of April, anno domini nineteen-four. The fourth year of the century… I have no time no more, but those who’ll come after will have to investigate. But I’m going off-track. Borgata Troncea, the landslide I hope everyone knows about. There were no sufficiently competent authorities around to properly study the event, for a change, so I had to step in myself. I’ve ascended through the valley with a couple pupils and with them I spent a half day in the mines, then another half day climbing up the mountain-sides… I can’t avoid thinking that between this and what will happen in forty-four this Borgata has a truly tragic life, maybe even a too tragic one. I keep getting lost… matter of fact is the mines are empty, completely dry, and the most recent avalanches date back to at least a dozen years ago. The mountain does not usually behave this way."
Note(s): from its tone of voice SCP-105-IT-B appears fatigued. As further proof of its fatigue is the numerous pauses that interval its speaking, not transcribed in order to make reading the piece smoother.
Date: 21/05/1947 (#1988)
Context: first routine experiment carried out by the Foundation after the Order of Janus handed SCP-105-IT over.
Content: "Ah, this is a good one! Hear me out, hear me out… [cough] The foundation of Royal Institute is unexplained and unexplainable for the European metanormal studies community, since King Victor Emmanuel the Second has no reason — according to the opinions of the Order of Janus — to rely on an organization of his own creation when he can count on the service of a consolidated, renowned and recently reunified group like the Order is. Ah, had they known! [indistinct murmuring] Indeed, indeed, it’s what I mean. If the Master had been with the Order, am I right? No, and thus we’ve gotten stuck in this ourselves. I propose we gather some testimonies on what happened to this day and immortalize them like we’re ding now. Same time, same place, obviously, you’ve got the legs to come up here."
Note(s): there’s reason to believe the function SCP-105-IT-B assigned to SCP-105-IT mutated through time, given the progressive variation in the contents entrusted to the anomaly. Hallucination number 1988, given the relative levity of its message and the generally relaxed atmosphere evoked by SCP-105-IT-B, had probably been “programmed” before numbers 0001 and 1547. The mention of a “Master” is present in a number of hallucinations but is never explained nor discussed at all.
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