SCP-090 - Apocorubik’s Cube
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The voice of the Database was provided by Joshua Alan Lindsay.
The voice of Dr. ████████████████ was provided by Lisa Hogan.
Item #: SCP-090
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Artifact is to be held in a secure bunker in the facility at Site ██ and constantly monitored by approved Class D Personnel. The object's new arrangement is to be imaged every time it shifts. New arrangements are fed into the facility's Class-OT Supercomputer. Division Chief is to be notified of all changes and current estimates every half-hour. No personnel is to touch SCP-090 except under order ███-██-████.
AXA Security level has been created for monitoring SCP-090. Non-AXA personnel found in the facility will be terminated.
Description: SCP-090 was located and retrieved in ███████, ██████ on April 10, 19██. Prior to retrieval, SCP-090 had been located in a chamber at the nearby cathedral. SCP-090 was removed, the cathedral burned, and 6 monks and the priest were terminated. SCP-090 has been located at Site ██ since the retrieval. Object's initial location prior to the cathedral is unrecorded.
SCP-090 is a black cubic structure (20cm x 20cm x 20cm) made of an unknown ceramic material. Object is classified as indestructible following tests outlined in Document 090-B (Unattached). Each side is divided into ten thousand individual squares in arrangement similar to a Rubik's cube (100 segments per edge, each segment 2mm wide). Each square has part of a design etched into the surface. Etchings glow white.
Unknown internal structure causes the realignment of a single row or column (roughly) every 2.8 seconds. Vague records of the object's alignments have been kept since 1242 CE, but those kept before 1533 CE have been lost. Modern technology has allowed the exact alignments to be imaged and recorded, as well as studied.
Segments are divided by a thin white line unless they are aligned correctly with the square directly adjacent to them. There are 22 correct alignments on the object's surface currently. See 25.090.090.04D (Unattached) for complete current object alignment.
At the time of accessing this document, D-023016-024016-024015 is currently the only alignment of three adjacent segments on the surface of SCP-090. B-100023-100024-099024-098024 and C-043077-042077-042076-042075 are the four-segment alignments. There is also a six-segment alignment. See Document 090-B for research notes involving alignment effects.
Addendum: AXA Security level personnel should see Document 090-B.
Document 090-A: Dr. ███████ ████████████████ Experiment Notes
Experiment 0012: “Observation is going well, we have managed to develop a system to record and analyze the shifts in the cube almost as quickly as they occur.”
Experiment 0048: “We observed a six segment alignment today on the 1st side. It was noted and passed without incident. Two hours later, a research assistant returned from the break room with news that a tsunami had occurred in the Indian Ocean and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and extensive property damage. No correlation is currently known, but we will make note of it.”
Experiment 0150: “After our 120th alignment on the 4th side of the cube and 120th accident report in the lab, we are designating the 4th side as 'local' and will implement safety measures tomorrow. Staff are discouraged from making bets regarding the outcome of alignments.”
Experiment 0172: “A six segment alignment was recorded this morning on the 'local' side. As a safety precaution, Site ██ was evacuated. Two hours later, a containment breach occurred, but resulted in no loss of life due to the evacuation. Object determined to predict events, not cause them. 1st side designated as 'global'. Upgrade to Euclid status requested.”
Experiment 0240: “We stepped up our experiments today by attempting to modify the cube itself. When D-Class personnel ██████ attempted to make a shift, SCP-090 immediately created a ten-segment alignment of its own accord near the top left corner of the 'local' side. Exactly two hours later, SCP-███ broke containment and [DATA EXPUNGED]. Agents █████████ and ████████ were also lost during the incident. Recommend forced shift testing of SCP-090 postponed. Upgrade to Keter status approved as SCP-090 is apparently capable of causing events of its own accord. Object may be sentient.”
Full item completion, with all segments aligned, has been hypothesized to cause an unparalleled disaster to occur.
