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// SCP-223-EX — Burning Stone 
// Story: SCP-███ 
// by Journeyman 
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Item #: SCP-223-EX

Object Class: Safe Explained

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-223’c containment in Site-██ is composed of the following:

- A Primary Containment Zone (PCZ)
- A one hundred (100) meter access shaft

The PCZ is a 5x5x5 steel chamber lined with twelve (12) inches of lead and sealed with a lead-lined steel blast door requiring two Level 3 personnel to open. 

The top of the lift contains a medical center which any and all personnel and D-Class working with SCP-223 must visit for decontamination. The center must carry replacement clothing, an incinerator, and an operational freezer unit containing enough product (kelp) capable of resisting SCP-223’s effects. All clothing and accessories must be immediately incinerated. Failure to do so is grounds for immediate termination. Violators will be incinerated. No physical interaction with SCP-223 is allowed at any time. No SCP is allowed contact with SCP-223.

Should SCP-223 ever need to be moved offsite, all non-standard personnel must evacuate while the item is moved by D-Class personnel. All personnel must maintain a minimum one hundred (100) meter distance with it at all times while in transit.

SCP-223-EX is to be placed in a secure storage vault in Site-██ when not undergoing research. SCP-223-EX is to be contained in a cube of lead no less than fourteen (14) inches thick when not undergoing research. Those exposed to SCP-223-EX’s energy particle emissions must have their clothes and current belongings incinerated and be placed in Type-3 Quarantine until recovery is assured.

Biohazard Containment gear has been updated to ward off further energy particle radiation similar to that produced by SCP-223-EX. Type-1 Hazmat gear has proven sufficient to shield even the most concentrated doses produced by the artifact.

Description: SCP-223-EX is a medium sized ignatius meteorite weighing 253.73 kg. The meteorite is composed of several elements including iron and nickel (94% of total composition) and several unknown elements (~6% of total composition). SCP-223-EX is otherwise physically unremarkable. Missing elements identified. Names Pending.

SCP-223-EX’s missing elements produce a form of ionized particles that are extremely deleterious to organic flesh. The most susceptible body cells are those that undergo rapid cellular division including: hair follicles, reproductive organs, and gastrointestinal cells.

SCP-223 carries a hazardous aura to all organic life in its presence. Even marginal time in the vicinity induces several flu-like symptoms including:

- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Fever
- Headache
- Diarrhea

More severe symptoms are incurred due to prolonged exposure or closer proximity to SCP-223-EX such as:

- Bone marrow decay
- Anemia
- Decreased lymphocytes
- Seizures
- Skin contusions akin to chemical burns
- Acute fatigue
- Hemolytic hemorrhaging
- High fever
- Weakened immune system
- Death

Ingesting kelp or spirulina has proven to help combat the sickness induced from the artifact, but it is not a cure.

A file containing procedures for antibiotic synthesis, blood products, and home therapy has been submitted to all Foundation medical databases.

Lead has proven a reliable deterrent to combat SCP-223-EX’s aura, but the phenomenon has a “clinging” effect on all substances in its presence. All clothing, artifacts, or research notes must be incinerated immediately to prevent exposure. All research notes must therefore be memorized.

Containment History: The Foundation received a report from field agent ████ ██████ concerning the deaths of several ponies in the town of ████████. Researching local history, ████ discovered lore concerning a witch that would kill all who entered her forest. Believing a possible SCP to be responsible, he requested a task force to be dispatched and assist.

Mobile Task Force Delta-7 “Back in the Outback” sweeped the forest and detected no anomalous artifacts or entities. Upon making camp near a crater, a member of Delta-7 started complaining of stomach pains before bleeding from his ████ and ████. Agent ████ searched the crater, discovering SCP-223-EX. Upon feeling similar symptoms, ████ called for a Type-2 Biohazard recovery team and secured SCP-223-EX. Agent ████ perished from his sickness. The item was safely recovered shortly after.

Addendum 223-873-1: I wonder if there is any means possible to weaponize SCP-223-EX to terminate more dangerous SCP subjects. We may have quite the death ray on our hooves. Just think of the possibilities.
~Dr. Salizar

Addendum 223-873-2: [DATA EXPUNGED]

Addendum 223-873-3: Doctor Salizar is barred from further experimentation with SCP-223-EX.
~Site Director Belladona

Addendum 223-873-4: Doctor Salizar is also forbidden from requesting anypony or anyone to do anything with SCP-223-EX ever.
~Site Director Belladona





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