 Item Number SCP-089 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-089 is stored in a special shipping container at Site 36 and monitored for location events. Mobile Task Force MU-89, consisting of personnel with advanced training in linguistics, psychology, and tactical diplomacy, has been deployed in order to respond to such events. Upon the occurrence of a Locution Event, Mobile Task Force MU-89 is to translate and interpret the Locution, so as to identify the primary subjects of that triggering herein designated as SCP-089-A and SCP-089-B, then execute Protocol M-8 which consists of the following steps. One transport SCP-089 to SCP-089-A's location and explain Protocol M-8 to SCP-089-B and two. 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, MTF-MU-089 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 MTF-MU-089's best efforts to persuade SCP-089-B are unsuccessful, SCP-089 is to be redesignated as Keter-class, then Protocol M-9 is to be executed. The use of intimidation, threats, or mind-altering drugs or intoxicants in an effort to affect 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 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 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. Dr. Poop translated an excerpt of the text as Nightmare of Moloch. Moloch the Loveless. Mental Moloch. Moloch the Heavy Judge 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 mouth 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 M-8 to be accomplished, together with instructions for doing so, and a description of the attendant type S event in figurative language. Each location event is followed within a period of 3 to 11 days by the commencement of a type S event, meeting the description given in the Locution event, unless Protocol M-8 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 M-8 is successfully completed. In the case of each documented Locution event, the attendant type S event, while significant, is limited to a 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 M-8, 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 inflammable materials, SCP-089-A will burn and be destroyed over a period of 2 to 5 hours. Addendum 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 2, a partial list of documented type S events that were terminated by means of Protocol M-8, including of documented completions of Protocol M-8 that predate the Foundation's acquisition of custody of SCP-089, follows. Date of Locution March 21, 1788 Description of type S event and Locution event, the flames shall consume their houses, yay, 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. Date of Locution, December 2nd 1850, Description of type S event and Locution event, the false prophet shall gather the multitude unto him, and cast them against the princes, they shall each of them be slain, and their fields made barren. Type S event, large scale messianic based peasant uprising in an undisclosed location. Outcome, Protocol M-8 completed on day 1363 after Locution event, massacres associated with uprising and its suppression, and attendant agricultural collapse account for several million casualties. Date of Locution, November 23rd 1951 Description of type S event and Locution event, the earth shall tremble, and the seas 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 an undisclosed location. Outcome, Protocol M-8 executed within 31 hours of Locution event. No tsunami resulted, although geological models had anticipated that one would occur from a seismic event in that area. No fatalities. Date of Locution, November 7th 1970. Description of type S event and Locution event, the rains shall scour the earth and sweep away man and his beasts and all his works. The day lose shall take them all. Type S event, Cyclone in an undisclosed location. Outcome, Protocol M-8 executed on day 49 after Locution event. Casualties from flooding, disease, and starvation estimated several thousand. Date of Locution, April 4th 2001. Description of type S event and Locution event, data expunged. Type S event, data expunged. Outcome, ongoing. Protocol M-8 not yet executed. Lesson complete. If you missed the previous orientation go watch SCP-088, The Lizard King right now. Or for the complete course, watch this playlist.