 Item number SCP-244. Object Class. Euclid. Special Containment Procedures. When not in testing, SCP-2441 is to be placed in a room with its own thermostat, kept at a temperature of no less than 38 degrees Celsius. This room must also have its own ventilation system to provide constant air circulation. SCP-2441 will rest on top of a scale attached to an alarm so that any abrupt changes in weight from SCP-2441's cap sudden removal or from SCP-2441's displacement may be immediately detected. If the alarm goes off, SCP-2441 is to be immediately retrieved, capped, and placed back on the scale. In the event that SCP-2441 spends longer than four hours uncapped and active before retrieval is possible, initiate procedure 2442123b. Description. SCP-2441 is a Tunisian-style earthenware jar made of common ceramics mixed with traces of data expunged and decorated with silver filigree. The inside of SCP-2441 always has an internal temperature of negative 37 degrees Celsius and 125% humidity, regardless of external conditions. Persons handling SCP-2441 invariably describe it as cold to the touch. SCP-2441 includes a cap of identical makin' style to the jar itself. When SCP-2441 is uncapped, condensed water vapor will flow from its mouth. The rate at which the vapor emanates increases if SCP-2441 is left lying on its side or suspended upside down. This vapor is identical in composition to ice fog, with a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, and 125% humidity as it exits SCP-2441. Over time, this fog will disperse through whatever area SCP-2441 is in, lowering ambient temperatures and raising humidity levels proportionally. The amount of time it takes for SCP-2441 to fill an area with fog varies depending on the size of the space, the amount of moisture already in the air, and the temperature at the time SCP-2441 is opened. If SCP-2441 is left uncapped outside of any structure, it will still produce water vapor and lower the surrounding temperature. However, the effect may be considerably diminished or enhanced by the effects of the sun, wind, local topography, and or local vegetation. In any space where SCP-2441 has changed the environmental temperature and humidity to negative 37 degrees Celsius and 125% humidity, there is a chance of encountering SCP-2442, directly proportional to the amount of time that the area has been fogged over. SCP-2442 is a mobile gaseous entity, visible only as a dense cloud of grayish fog. Whether it simply uses SCP-2441's own fog as camouflage, or is actually a part of said fog, is still undetermined. Thermal imaging shows that SCP-2442 is far colder than its surrounding environment. How SCP-2442 achieves locomotion is not known, but testing and observation has made it clear that SCP-2442 usually remains motionless unless there is a source of heat nearby. SCP-2442 is attracted to any source of heat energy and will move to envelop such sources. Because of SCP-2442's own inordinately cold internal temperature, any object that comes into direct contact with it usually flash freezes. Biological heat sources, including humans, are invariably killed by the flash freezing effect and mechanical or electronic devices ice over. SCP-2442 appears to grow in size as it consumes thermal energy. In a sufficiently large beclouded area, there may be multiple instances of SCP-2442. SCP-2442 will not attempt to consume heat sources with a temperature equal or greater than 600 degrees Celsius, and will actively move away from such sources if they are brought closer to it. For this reason, SCP-2442 is easily repelled with burning wood or other combusted fuel fires. SCP-2442 has been observed to disperse if exposed to great concentrations of heat in a short period of time. History SCP-2441 was first discovered in the basement of a recently emptied chaos insurgency occupied military base where it had completely filled the basement level with ice fog, and at least two manifestations of SCP-2442. It was retrieved by Dr. Morris with the assistance of Mobile Task Force Beta-62. It is unknown whether the chaos insurgency had placed SCP-2441 in the basement as some sort of diversionary tactic, or if they themselves were looking for it. Addendum Whatever SCP-2442 is composed of, it is certainly not normal water vapor. At those temperatures, mere water would surely become a solid, as indeed would most gases. However, taking samples of SCP-2442's material has proven difficult, as it is both gaseous and freezes most devices applied to it. I suspect that this may be related to the data expunged in SCP-2441, but studying that mineral has a host of problems all its own. Dr. Morris Lesson complete If you missed the previous orientation, go watch SCP-243 animation right now, or for the complete course, watch this playlist.