 Welcome to SkipNet Direct Access Terminal. Please enter command. Log in. Please enter user authentication. kpcrow at atfoundation.scp. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Authentication accepted. Please enter command. Access 2317, 4. You are attempting to access a security level 4, top secret file. Please note that access to this file is restricted to personnel with level 4 security clearance directed in contact with SCP-2317. Continuing without proper authorization will result in disciplinary action, up to and including immediate termination of life. Information regarding your access to this file, including the date, time and location, will be reported to the Records and Information Security Administration. If you wish to continue, please re-enter your user authentication now. kpcrow at atfoundation.scp. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Warning, incorrect authentication. You have 60 seconds to enter the correct user authentication, or security personnel will be summoned to your location. kpcrow at atfoundation.scp. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Warning, incorrect authentication. kpcrow at atfoundation.scp. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Authentication accepted. Please enter your project-specific personal identification number. 369-705-1429-015. PSPIN accepted. Please look into the camera for a retinal identification scan. Incorrect orientation. Please align the pupils of your eyes with the guidelines indicated on the secondary screen and try again. Thank you. The time and date of your access to this file has been logged in reported to the Records and Information Security Administration. Username, Dr. Cain P. Crow. Title, Senior Supervising Researcher. Displaying SCP-2317, clearance level 4. Item number, SCP-2317. Object Class, Keter. Special Containment Procedures. SCP-2317 is to be secured at containment area 179 in a reinforced 3 meter by 3 meter by 3 meter containment chamber. Armed guards are to be in place at all times in order to prevent unauthorized access to the facility. All personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must rotate out for one month of psychological counseling after two months on site. Personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must undergo heavy psychological testing before being cleared to enter the site. Individuals must score at least 72 points on the Milgram obedience examination, be unmarried, have no offspring, and express nothing less than total loyalty to the foundation. While on site, individuals assigned to SCP-2317 will be issued concealing helmets with integrated voice changers to protect their identity. On-site staff are not to remove said uniforms in the presence of other staff members. Off-duty hours are to be spent in private quarters alone. One staff member with security clearance 4-2317 will be assigned each month as, quote, Class D personnel in order to act as assistant to the primary celebrant. Personnel without security clearance of level 3 or higher will be told that the assistant is a Class D personnel chosen from the normal pool of Class D candidates. All persons directly involved with Procedure 220 Calabasas are to be informed of this fact. No personnel shall be authorized to assist with Procedure 220 Calabasas without first being clearly briefed that the assistant is not, in fact, a Class D personnel and should not be terminated in the event that they disobey direct orders from the guards. Description SCP-2317 is a wooden door and frame originally constructed as a basement door for a 19th century Massachusetts brownstone. Upon opening the door, any person stepping through the doorframe will be transported to an alternate reality. Exploration of the alternate reality, SCP-2317 Prime, is limited, but the area directly accessible through SCP-2317 is a salt pan several kilometers in radius. A circle of seven pillars, SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G, are positioned in a 10 meter diameter circle, approximately 10 meters directly in front of SCP-2317. Each pillar is approximately 1 meter in diameter and 7 meters tall, constructed of marble and engraved with a series of intricate ball reliefs. The art style of the engravings do not correspond to that of any known modern, historic, or prehistoric civilization. SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G extend 200 meters below the surface of the sand and into SCP-2317-H. SCP-2317-H is a spherical space 100 kilometers in diameter located directly underneath SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G, lined with the same stone used to construct SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G. Contained within SCP-2317-H is SCP-2317-K, hereafter referred to as Entity. The following information has been inferred through seismic analysis and ground penetrating radar, as well as direct observation. Entity appears to be an obese, human-like creature of immense proportions, estimated height if fully erect is over 200 kilometers. Horns resembling tree branches sprout from its head, which lacks a lower jaw. Entire body is covered in millions of overlapping plate-like scales. Seven heavy hooks are embedded in the entity's back, each one attached to a heavy steel chain connected to the lower end of one of the seven pillars embedded in the ceiling of the chamber. At the time of the writing of this document, six of the pillars or chains have been broken or damaged, and only one chain remains intact. Addendum 1, Procedure 220-K. Procedure 220-K is a ritual to be performed at solar noon each day, defined as the moment when the sun reaches its height over SCP-2317. Performing Procedure 220-K requires the following. Two armed Foundation security personnel with security clearance of level 3 or higher, hereafter referred to as guards. One Foundation personnel with security clearance of level 4, hereafter referred to as celebrant. One Class D personnel as specified under special containment procedures, hereafter referred to as assistant. One live male gallus domesticus, hereby caged to prevent complications during transport to SCP-2317-prime, hereafter referred to as chicken. One obsidian-edged knife, hereafter referred to as blade. One silver aspergillum and aspersorium, filled with at least 500 cc of holy water blessed by a priest of Abrahamic faith. One kiloton level nuclear device to be detonated in case of catastrophic containment failure. Step 1. Celebrant guards and assistant open SCP-2317, step through and enter SCP-2317-prime. Assistant will enter first, followed by guards, followed by celebrant. Guards will, at all times, maintain situational awareness of assistant and should be prepared to prevent escape with deadly force. Step 2. Beginning with the pillar closest to and in line with SCP-2317, SCP-2317-A, celebrant circumambulates SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G, proceeding counterclockwise at an even and measured pace. At every other step, celebrant will scatter holy water using the aspergillum and aspersorium, in the direction of the circle center. Step 3. Upon completing one circumambulation of SCP-2317-A through dash G, celebrant scatters holy water over the head of the assistant and recites the following phrase. Seven seals, seven rings, seven thrones for the scarlet king. Step 4. Celebrant then moves to a safe distance away from the assistant, who will take the obsidian knife and use it to kill the chicken provided as sacrifice. Blood will be drained from the chicken and added to the aspersorium, then stirred to mix with the holy water already contained within. Step 5. Assistant then circumambulates SCP-2317-A through dash G in a clockwise direction, scattering the mixture of blood and holy water in the direction of the circle center. Step 6. Upon completing one circumambulation of SCP-2317-A through dash G, assistant walks to the center of the circle of stones and pours the remaining mixture of blood and water onto the discolored patch of salt and sand in the center, while reciting the following phrase. Blood for the old gods. Water for the new king. Step 7. All materials are gathered up, the obsidian knife is secured, and all personnel return through SCP-2317, which is subsequently closed. Failure at any point to properly perform Procedure 220 Calabasas may result in an XK class end-of-the-world scenario. Should any mishap or failure occur, all personnel are to return immediately through SCP-2317, closing the door behind them. The containment chamber will be immediately locked down, and a Level 2 emergency declared and reported to the O5 Council. Further instructions will be provided to on-site personnel according to emergency order Zachariah. Addendum 2317-2. History. SCP-2317 was first discovered in 1922 by Data Expunged. Object was subsequently moved to what was then called Proficional Containment Area 17. Object was moved to containment area 179 in 1982, where it remains as of the writing of this article. When initially discovered, four of the seven chains were broken, and three were intact. The breaking of the fifth chain in corresponded directly to a event in our world. The sixth chain, which broke in was also coincident with a much more severe event, eventually resulting in the deaths of persons. Analysis of supplementary texts retrieved at the time of containment pointed to Procedure 220 Calabasas as an effective means of maintaining containment until an effective means of repairing or reattaching said chains can be discovered. Containment procedures were modified to incorporate Procedure 220 Calabasas. As records show that the sequence of events shows an exponential increase in lethality, it can be extrapolated that failure of the final chain, Procedure 227-G, would result in an XK class end of the world scenario. For this reason, every possible effort is to be made to ensure a successful Procedure 220 Calabasas. Further information on SCP-217 is restricted to the Overseer Council.