SCP-743 A chocolate fountain object class keter
Item #: SCP-743
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: No one may enter SCP-743’s containment area except
for scheduled D-class personnel. Any activity that must be performed within SCP-743’s
containment area must be performed remotely by robot.
SCP-743 is to be kept in a Level-4 carbide-steel secure container, 1.5 m x 75 cm x 75 cm, no
less than 5 cm thick. This container will itself be kept in a Level-4 secure room, 10
m x 10 m, with enhanced hard-metal lining. A full array of redundant sensors within the
container will remain trained on SCP-743; another array of sensors will watch the container
for any signs of breach. Video, audio, and data feeds from all arrays will pass to a
control room manned at all times by at least two personnel. Any abnormal or aggressive
activity by SCP-743 must immediately be reported to Level 4 staff.
Housing for 24 D-class personnel (designated Housing Unit 743, or HU-743) must be set up
adjacent to SCP-743's containment area. At the first of each month, D-class personnel
who are scheduled to be terminated must instead be moved into HU-743, enough to fill the housing
to capacity. If at any time fewer than eight D-class personnel are residing in HU-743,
at least sixteen D-class personnel are to immediately be transferred to HU-743. In case
of containment breach, all D-class personnel housed in HU-743 are to immediately be exposed
to SCP-743. Keter-class recontainment protocols apply.
Every two days, one D-class personnel currently assigned to HU-743 is to be locked alive in
SCP-743’s containment room with several plates of food, at which time SCP-743’s
container will be remotely unlocked and opened. This D-class personnel may eat as much as
desired of the available food, including the liquid from SCP-743. Under no circumstances
is this D-class personnel to be allowed to exit SCP-743’s containment area.
SCP-743 may not be transported without O5 approval except under emergency protocols.
When transported, SCP-743 must be accompanied by no fewer than eight Level-4 security personnel
and no fewer than eight D-class personnel from HU-743. As of ██/██/20██,
SCP-743 is kept in Containment Annex Delta at Armed Reliquary Containment Area-02.
Description: SCP-743 is a stainless-steel chocolate fountain, 112 cm (44 in) tall and
47 cm (18.5 in) wide, with a mass of 35 kg (77 lb). On the base of SCP-743 is a laser-etched
logo for Sephra, a company that specializes in producing chocolate fountains. SCP-743
usually appears to be in pristine condition: immaculately clean, well-polished, and completely
undamaged. SCP-743 can be disassembled into its component parts (base, auger, cylinder,
tiers, and crown), but standard examination of the individual components do not reveal
any unusual traits.
When assembled, SCP-743 exhibits several different behaviors:
Resting: SCP-743 displays no apparent activity. Flowing: SCP-743 appears to operate like a
standard chocolate fountain, i.e. a heated chocolate-flavored dark brown liquid flows
from inside the crown, down over the tiers and into the base. This liquid smells and
tastes like high-quality dark chocolate, and in fact its aroma is quite enticing (but does
not appear to be compelling). Subjects who consume significant quantities of the liquid
typically experience a feeling of warmth and euphoria. Chemical analysis shows this liquid
contains many substances found in dark chocolate, though with higher concentrations of many
nutrients, particularly sugars and amino acids. The flow of liquid is not affected by the
presence or absence of fountain chocolate or anything else in its base.
Feeding: At semi-regular intervals, when organic material is available nearby, a stream of
small, brown ant-like entities starts pouring out of the crown of SCP-743. These “ants”,
which can number in the millions, swarm over available animal, plant, and fungal material;
cut small pieces off these materials with their pincers; and carry these chunks into
SCP-743’s base. SCP-743 seems to prefer consuming live humans, particularly those
who have consumed SCP-743’s liquid, but will also consume live animals, dead humans
and animals, plants, fungi, and even some processed animal and plant material (e.g.
leather, cotton clothing, and paper). These ants have been known to travel more than ███ km
round-trip, bringing a carcass piece by piece back to SCP-743.
Hunting: If sufficient organic material is not readily available to SCP-743, different
types of arthropoid entities start to emerge from SCP-743’s crown. Many of these entities
resemble known arthropods (particularly insects and arachnids), but a large number resemble
no known species of arthropod or other animal. These arthropoids, which are always the same
color as SCP-743’s liquid, are usually specialized for a particular task. Types of arthopoids
that have been observed include: Small, winged insectoids used for scouting,
observation, and reconnaissance. Insectoids that can bore through most materials,
including steel and titanium. Although individuals can each only bore out small amounts of the
hardest substances before expiring, a seemingly endless stream of insectoids from SCP-743
will eventually bore clear through. Larger, more aggressive insectoids and arachnoids
used to hunt down prey in a manner similar to instances of SCP-2031. Again, individually
they are nothing more than a nuisance, but SCP-743 has been known to produce swarms of
aggressive arthropoids numbering in the billions, more than enough to [DATA EXPUNGED].
Maintaining: SCP-743 has been known to use arthropoids to clean and polish itself; repair
dents, scratches, holes and nicks; and even put itself together when disassembled. SCP-743
doesn’t need to be turned on to start flowing, but it can change the positions of its controls
by itself. Although the arthropoids that emerge from
SCP-743 are significantly stronger than their normal counterparts, they are not significantly
tougher. Stomping an individual arthropoid with a heavy boot will usually be sufficient
to “kill” it, at which time it will fall apart into a drop or puddle of SCP-743’s
liquid and quickly evaporate, its enticing aroma lingering. However, arthropoids from
SCP-743 are almost never encountered alone.
It is not yet known how the arthropoids communicate with each other, or even if they are individual
consciousnesses or part of a collective mind. It is also not yet known who or what controls
the arthropoids (if anything), where the organic matter taken into SCP-743’s base goes, how
SCP-743 can produce a seemingly endless supply of liquid and arthropoids, or where all that
liquid comes from.
SCP-743 does not appear to be invulnerable. However, SCP-743 is both highly resistant
to damage and will employ its arthropoid army as an active defense system. It is theorized
that SCP-743 can be destroyed using [DATA EXPUNGED]. However, due to the apparent extradimensional
characteristics of SCP-743, coupled with its inherent resistance to damage, no termination
testing can be performed on SCP-743 without O5 authorization.
Note: “Due to the nature of SCP-743, it is difficult to study the source of its abilities.
No one can get close to it without risking being eaten, our instruments don’t last
longer than a few minutes before being shredded by 743’s bugs, probes sent into 743 can’t
see anything but brown, and the liquid evaporates so quickly most of what we know of it comes
from analysis of its gaseous phase. What we do know is that 743 is dangerous. We have
yet to see any limit to the amount of stuff 743 can pour out. I firmly believe 743 could
breach containment if it seriously tried. That said, 743 seems to behave itself as long
as it gets a steady stream of live people to eat. Thus, I propose that some D-class
personnel that will be terminated anyway be fed to 743. Kill two birds with one stone.”
–Dr. Lambert
Proposal “Death by Chocolate” approved by O5-██, ██/██/20██.