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| 1 | + Object Class: Keter |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | + Special Containment Procedures: SCP-233 is to |
| 4 | + be kept within a cubical vanadium-lined |
| 5 | + container, dimensions 23 by 23 by 23. The unit |
| 6 | + of measure is irrelevant. A 23-meter safe zone |
| 7 | + is to be established around the object: no |
| 8 | + Class D personnel older or younger than 23 |
| 9 | + years of age are to be allowed within the safe |
| 10 | + zone. For optimal results, Class D personnel |
| 11 | + with birthdays falling on the 23rd of the month |
| 12 | + should be used. No firearms other than those |
| 13 | + chambered for special-purpose .2323 caliber |
| 14 | + rounds are to be allowed within the containment |
| 15 | + chamber. Shift changes will occur at 23 minutes |
| 16 | + past the hour, with the final shift change |
| 17 | + occurring at 2323 Greenwich Mean Time exactly. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | + Under no circumstances are [REDACTED]mm |
| 20 | + ammunition, Class D personnel born in the month |
| 21 | + of [REDACTED] or on the [REDACTED], [REDACTED], |
| 22 | + or twenty-[REDACTED] of the month, or any |
| 23 | + [REDACTED]-sided object to be brought within |
| 24 | + the 23-meter safe zone. Personnel are cautioned |
| 25 | + to take special care at [REDACTED] minutes past |
| 26 | + the hour, especially [REDACTED] hours, as this |
| 27 | + is the time period during which the object is |
| 28 | + most active. For best results, the 23-meter |
| 29 | + safe zone should be cleared of all personnel |
| 30 | + during that time period. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | + Description: SCP-233 is a 23-sided polyhedron, |
| 33 | + each face being made up of both an equilateral |
| 34 | + triangle and a straight line simultaneously. |
| 35 | + Because of the space-time altering nature of |
| 36 | + the object, the exact physical makeup of the |
| 37 | + object cannot be emulated in three-dimensional |
| 38 | + or two-dimensional form. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + SCP-233 has the unusual property of altering |
| 41 | + the laws of mathematics in its vicinity, |
| 42 | + causing rounding errors to occur unless |
| 43 | + calculated using a base-23 system. Mathematical |
| 44 | + calculations carried out in base 23, however, |
| 45 | + have the benefit of being carried out at 23 |
| 46 | + times the normal speed: for this reason, |
| 47 | + destruction of the item has been postponed |
| 48 | + pending possible integration into [DATA |
| 49 | + EXPUNGED]. The difficulty of converting binary |
| 50 | + information into base-23 mathematics aside, the |
| 51 | + device has already shown its value to the |
| 52 | + Organization (see report 234[REDACTED] by Dr. |
| 53 | + Nana [REDACTED] regarding her "unusual |
| 54 | + solution" to the Unified Field Theory.) |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | + Unfortunately, SCP-233 appears to have a |
| 57 | + particularly violent effect upon occurrences of |
| 58 | + the number [REDACTED] occurring within its safe |
| 59 | + zone (see report re: death of Dr. Nana |
| 60 | + [REDACTED] on [DATE REDACTED].) Chemical |
| 61 | + breakdown of the affected object proceeds at a |
| 62 | + rapid rate: direct contact results in immediate |
| 63 | + destruction of the object in question by |
| 64 | + breakdown into component atoms within .23 |
| 65 | + seconds. |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | + One note: SCP-233 appears to be triggered not |
| 68 | + by the actual physical properties of the object |
| 69 | + in question in any empirical sense, but by the |
| 70 | + perceptions of nearby observers. For instance, |
| 71 | + it is safe to handle SCP-233 using a 2.74 m |
| 72 | + long pole, so long as no observers within the |
| 73 | + danger zone perceive said pole as being |
| 74 | + [REDACTED] feet in length. The reason for this |
| 75 | + is unknown, but the Observer Effect recorded in |
| 76 | + classical quantum physics may be involved (see |
| 77 | + report 77-Heisenberg). |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | + Addendum 233-a: Upon the recommendation of Dr. |
| 80 | + A. Clef, the research committee has petitioned |
| 81 | + to redesignate this object as SCP-2323. |
| 82 | + Although this would place the item outside the |
| 83 | + standard numbering scheme, SCP-233's |
| 84 | + mathematical nature requires that utmost |
| 85 | + precautions be taken regarding all numbering |
| 86 | + schemes involving data related with the |
| 87 | + project. This was dramatically illustrated |
| 88 | + during Incident [REDACTED] during which the |
| 89 | + object's accidental contact with a |
| 90 | + [REDACTED]-volt battery used to power a |
| 91 | + personal music device caused an approximately |
| 92 | + [REDACTED]-thousand percent increase in the |
| 93 | + object's range of effect to 232.32 kilometers, |
| 94 | + resulting in deaths of the entire home team at |
| 95 | + a nearby AAA league baseball game (said game |
| 96 | + being at the top of the [REDACTED] inning at |
| 97 | + the time), and the destruction of all computer |
| 98 | + files containing information on SCP-233's |
| 99 | + interaction with the number [REDACTED]. For the |
| 100 | + safety of all personnel, future reference to |
| 101 | + the number [REDACTED] in conjunction with |
| 102 | + SCP-233 is to be avoided at all costs. |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | + Addendum 233-b: Under no circumstances are |
| 105 | + pregnant female personnel to be allowed within |
| 106 | + the safe zone. |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | + For a list of all works by this author, click |
| 109 | + here. |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | + « SCP-232 | SCP-233 | SCP-234 » |
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