SCP-608 - Fractal Tinsel

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Speaker 1 (00:05):
This is data Specialist standers of the Data Redundancy Project
SCP six zero eight Object classes safe special containment procedures
SCP six zero eight is to be held in a
vacuum chamber at all times while not the subject of
active research. Magnetic levitation is to be used to suspend
the object in the center of the chamber. In the

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event of either of these measures failing, a Class three
evacuation of non essential personnel is to be undertaken and
containment measures are to be restored as soon as possible.
If containment failure persists for more than one hour, a
Class four evacuation of personnel not actively involved in the
containment of the item is to be undertaken. In the
event of super pressurization for whatever reason, a Class five

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evacuation and clean up must be performed immediately. Description SEP.
Six zero eight appears to be a length of silver
tinsel with an unusually furry appearance, although depending on environment,
the item may be surrounded by a halo of decaying particles.
Any object coming into contact with it disintegrates slowly, the

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process being halted the intent that it is removed. At
the same time, the halo increases in intensity, microscope examination,
radar sonar, MRI, and all other known examination techniques are
unable to provide insight beyond the fact that the object
appears fuzzy with no readily defined border. Rather, it appears
to dissipate into the surroundings. This, combined with the disintegration property,

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led to the SEP's earlier misclassification as euclid. Recent investigations
have revealed, however, that the item's properties arise from a
redacted state, or more simply its existence as a fractal
in Layman's terms, the item has a potentially infinite number
of progressively smaller branches radiating off the substance in such
a way that micro examination and macro examination produce similar

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or identify results. The disintegration effects are due to the
monofilament and finer branches slicing through a substance at the
molecular or atomic level. See addendum six zero eight DASH
one discovery sep. Six zero eight originally came to the
attention of the Foundation after reports of glowing tinsel in

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nineteen redacted. Considered unlikely to be important, the item was
nevertheless sought out. Unfortunately, the house in which it was
kept at the time collapsed on it for reasons unknown,
causing large masses to be pressed onto the object. The
effect was comparable to a redacted producing an explosive force
of redacted tons, as well as considerable quantities of alpha, beta,

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gamma and redacted radiation. No survivors were found within redacted
of the origin, but the item survived, apparently unharmed research potential.
The research team is currently awaiting permission to attempt to
firing beams of small particles at the object in the
hopes of discovering more fphe fundamental particles than those currently known.
In particular, the ability of the object to baffle lasers

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has been the source of some speculation, and it is
high on the priority list if such research is ever permitted.
A DNDEM six zero eight DASH one. Once the precise
nature of the item was determined, it was immediately confined
to a vacuum chamber. Attempts were then made to obtain
a sample for analysis. Results follow redacted date tool steel

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scissors result scissor blades were ruined, no visible impact date.
Redacted tool vanadium hardened steel saw result saw blade ruined
no visible impact date. Redacted tool one hundred kilwatt laser result.
Halo noticeably intensified, no damage date redacted. Tool table saw

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with blade composed of SCP redacted result. The halo intensified
when the tool was brought with an approximately one meter.
There was a noticeable increase in both alpha and d
beta particles noted as the tool moved within five hundred millimeters.
Evacuation of non essential personnel was undertaken before proceeding with
the test. After the go ahead was received, monitoring devices

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began to cease operation, beginning with the most sensitive people
up to thirty miles away noted unease, likely because of
redacted particles. No more data was received after the item
came within one hundred millimeters of the tool. On later
investigation of the site, all organic material was data expunged,
along with other large molecules such as diamonds. It is

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theorized that the super dense SEP redacted broke down in
a chain reaction at the sub atomic level. Attempts are
ongoing to recover data from sources not as close to
the blast point. A DNDUM six zero eight DASH two
on redacted date and interference spectrometer was used to attempt
to determine its composition. The test results indicate the presence

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of silver, platinum, and polymers containing super heavy elements. As yet,
no more mechanism whereby these substances could be compressed to
the width observed and the item has been proposed, although
research is ongoing. One suggestion is that only the main
body consists of these substances and the microfibers or another
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