 SCP-089 Object Class Euclid, C-B-O Special Containment Procedures SCP-089 is stored in a special shipping container at Site-36 and monitored for lection events. Mobile Task Force Mu-89, consisting of personnel with advanced training in linguistics, psychology and tactical diplomacy, has been established in order to respond to such lection events. During the occurrence of a lection event, Mobile Task Force Mu-89 is to translate and interpret the location so as to identify the primary suspects of that triggering. Herein designated to SCP-089-A and SCP-089-B, then execute Protocol M-8, which consists of the following steps. 1. Transport SCP-089 to SCP-089-A's location and explain Protocol M-8 to SCP-089-B, and 2. At such time as SCP-089-B is prepared to voluntarily execute Protocol M-8, render to SCP-089-B any assistance as SCP-089-B may request in connection with SCP-089-B performing the following actions, inserting SCP-089-A into the cavity together with inflammable materials such as oiled wood or charcoal, then igniting them. The successful execution of Protocol M-8 requires the voluntary compliance of SCP-089-B in a sober and uncoerced state. Likewise, SCP-089-A must be conscious and alert during the execution of the Protocol. It is recommended that SCP-089-B be restrained, although not sedated, following ignition so as to avoid interference with the completion of the Protocol, as the process is extremely painful and fatal to SCP-089-A. If SCP-089-B refuses to voluntarily execute Protocol M-8 in accordance with the aforementioned specifications, Mobile Task Force Move 89 is to explain the prospective consequences of failing to successfully complete the Protocol and make every effort to persuade SCP-089-B to cooperate. If Mobile Task Force Move 89's best efforts to so persuade SCP-089-B are unsuccessful, SCP-089 is to be redesigned as Keeter-class and Protocol M-9 is to be executed. Reference Document 089-M-9 The use of intimidation, threats, or mind-altering drugs or intoxicants in an effort to effect SCP-089-B's free will and any attempt to complete Protocol M-8 without SCP-089-B's participation or voluntary cooperation, or otherwise other than as described, are strictly prohibited since these measures invalidate the attempted completion of the Protocol and are known to intensify the severity of the attendant Type-S event. It is also recommended, although not a required part of Protocol M-8, to cause the execution of Step-2 of Protocol M-8 to be accompanied by the sounding of horns and percussion instruments as doing so may mask the sounds made by SCP-089-A during the execution of the Protocol. Upon a successful execution of Protocol M-8, the related Type-S event generally begins to abate within 7 hours. Description SCP-089 is a glazed earthenware statue approximately 3 meters in height depicting a winged, bull-headed humanoid with an open mouth. The front of the statue's torso is hinged and it can be opened from the top to reveal a cavity, approximately 0.6 cubic meters in volume and can be locked from the outside. The rear of the statue bears an inscription in a Canaanite language, possibly Punic. Note 1 Dr. ████████ translated an excerpt of the text as, Nightmare of Moloch, Moloch the Loveless, Mental Moloch, Moloch the Heavy Judger of Men. The statue dates from approximately the 2nd century BCE. On infrequent occasions, sometimes separated by periods in excess of a century, the statue speaks. The mechanism by which these sounds are made is not understood and the amount of the statue does not move. The statue's locutions are in a Canaanite language, probably the same language as the inscription and consist of the name or description of SCP-089-A, a demand for protocol MA to be accomplished, together with instructions for doing so and a description of the attended Type-S event in figurative language. Each locution event is followed within a period of 3-11 days by the commencement of a Type-S event, meaning the description given in the Locution event, unless Protocol MA has already been completed. Each Type-S event is an epidemic, natural disaster, mass hysteria involving genocide or other massacres, or other event involving extensive damage to property and loss of human lives over a period of time that continues until Protocol MA is successfully completed. In the case of each documented Locution event, the attended Type-S event, while significant, is limited to the geographic area that does not directly affect SCP-089-B. This has, in some documented cases, resulted in the pendency of a Type-S event for an extended duration of time due to SCP-089-B's unawareness of SCP-089 or of Protocol MA, or to SCP-089-B's unwillingness to undertake Protocol M-8 in order to arrest the Type-S event. For each Locution event, SCP-089-A is a healthy, unblemished human infant or child between 8 months and 6 years of age, and SCP-089-B is that child's natural mother. In all documented cases, at the time of the Locution event, SCP-089-A and B are each alive and healthy, and experience a strong bond of trust and affection with each other. Following SCP-089-B's placement of SCP-089-A in the cavity and the ignition of the Enflammable Materials, SCP-089-A will burn and be destroyed over a period of 2-5 hours. Addendum No. 1 Memo to File from Dr. Garcia While the role of SCP-089 in actually causing Type-S events is unclear, experience has demonstrated that the prompt and precise application of Protocol M-8 is effective in limiting the damage that they do. Dr. Patel has speculated that SCP-089 does not cause Type-S events, but merely anticipates them and provides a means to mitigate their effects. Addendum No. 2 A partial list of documented Type-S events that were terminated by means of Protocol M-8. Inclusive of documented completions of Protocol M-8 that predate the Foundation's acquisition of custody of SCP-089 follows. Data Locution, March 16, 1788 Description of Type-S event and Locution event. The flames shall consume their houses, yeah, and their markets, and their temples, and all of their dwelling places. They shall be destroyed. Type-S event, Fire in City of ████ Outcome, Protocol M-8 completed on Day 29 after Locution event, 66% of city's buildings destroyed. Data Locution, December 2, 1850 Description of Type-S event and Locution event. The false prophet shall gather the multitude unto him and cast him against the princes. They shall each of them be slain and their fields made barren. Large-scale, messianic-based peasant uprising in ████ Outcome, Protocol M-8 completed on Day 1363 after Locution event, massacres associated with uprising and suppression and attendant agricultural collapse account for at least ████ million casualties. Data Locution, November 23, 1951 Description of Type-S event and Locution event. The earth shall tremble and the sea shall rise and be cast against the earth, and the mountain shall vomit fire, its voice shall be darkness and death. Type-S event, earthquake and volcanic eruption in ████ Outcome, Protocol M-8 executed within 31 hours of Locution event. No tsunami resulted, although geographical models had anticipated that one would occur from a seismic event in that area. No fatalities. Data Locution, November 7, 1970 Description of Type-S event and Locution event. The rain shall scour the earth and sweep away man and his beast and all his works, the deluge shall take them all. Type-S event, cyclone in ████ Outcome, Protocol M-8 executed on Day 49 of Locution event. Casualties from flooding, disease and starvation estimated at ████ thousand. Data Locution, April 4, 2000 Description of Type-S event and Locution event. Type-S event, Outcome, ongoing Protocol M-8 not yet executed.