Item #: SCP-████ — The Hollow Meal
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-████ is to be kept in a standard low-risk containment locker at Site-██. The object is to remain under observation, with biometric monitoring of all personnel exposed to it. Testing requires written authorization from Level-3 staff and a full medical review of the subject’s gastrointestinal status. Under no circumstances are site staff to ingest more than three (3) units of SCP-████.
Description:
SCP-████ is a ceramic bowl (20 cm diameter) containing an indeterminate number of hard-boiled chicken eggs (6 cm tall,4 cm diameter) with shells removed. The eggs have been designated as SCP-████-1. The eggs display no signs of spoilage regardless of time or environmental conditions. Removal of individual specimens from SCP-████ results in immediate replacement: the bowl is always observed to contain between ten (10) and twelve (12) eggs.
Consumption of an instance of SCP-████-1 produces the following anomalous effects:
The egg can be chewed and swallowed normally, but once inside the subject's stomach cavity the egg will appear to be reassembled showing no sign of being chewed as though it was swallowed whole. Secondly the egg will not undergo any form of digestion, or break down of any kind. (Further testing of SCP-████-1 resilience to corrosion recommended.)
Once ingested, the egg becomes intangible within the stomach; medical imaging shows ovoid shadows occupying gastric space, but attempts at physical removal with tools or instruments through the esophagus are unsuccessful as all medical instruments seem to pass through.
Normal food can pass through the subject and SCP-████-1 without interference, but the SCP-████-1 eggs persist indefinitely.
Subjects report a sensation of fullness proportional to the number of SCP-████-1 ingested, even in the absence of caloric intake.
The eggs cannot be expelled through natural biological processes (natural digestion) the only known means of removal is induced emesis (vomiting) or surgical removal through the abdomen.
Addendum Testing Suspension Directive — SCP-████
On ██/██/20██, all active and pending test proposals involving SCP-████ were formally suspended by order of Dr. Marcus Zane, Former Head of Research.
In his review of SCP-████ testing logs, Dr. Zane identified multiple procedures as ethically indefensible, methodologically unsound, or producing no actionable data. Several tests involving SCP-████ relied on excessive exposure, redundant stimulus application, or subjective outcome metrics, resulting in no measurable advancement in understanding the entity’s anomalous properties.
Dr. Zane concluded that continued experimentation on SCP-████ under existing parameters constituted an inefficient use of Foundation personnel and material resources, while introducing unnecessary operational and ethical risk without proportional benefit.
Effective immediately, SCP-████ is to remain under passive containment only. Any future testing involving SCP-████ must undergo full Ethics Committee review and receive direct written authorization from Dr. Zane prior to execution.
Addendum ████-001:
Long-term results of ingesting SCP-████-1. Subject D-2295 ingested one (1) SCP-████-1 egg daily for forty two (42) consecutive days. Imaging confirmed 42 distinct ovoid masses occupying the stomach cavity. Subject expired on day forty three 43 due to gastric rupture; X-ray revealed SCP-████-1 specimens, fused into a single smooth mass resembling one (1) large hard boiled egg. Later surgical retrieval reveals this to be true and this new egg is now designated SCP-████-2. This behavior has not been seen again in other D-Class personnel. Testing of SCP-████-2 recommended.
Addendum ████-002:
Subject D-2297 Was instructed to eat as many Instances of SCP-████-1 as possible. The D-Class successfully consumed 63 eggs all the while showing signs of a bulge developing on her abdomen before they began to complain of intestinal discomfort. Later medical imaging revealed several instincts of SCP-████-1 had been pushed into the small intestine of the D-Class subject. Further tests of this kind are not advised.
Addendum ████-003:
Two D-Class (D-7738, D-1891) were instructed to remove one egg from SCP-████ and share the egg. The egg was split evenly down the middle as instructed and both halves were ingested. Later medical imaging revealed both halves of the same egg had reformed creating 2 new eggs. Further testing with smaller cut segments of one egg could be explored.
Addendum ████-004
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Site-██ administrator response. Don’t do this again or you’ll end up a D-Class working exclusively with SCP-682 at Site-19 so help me God. This was disgusting.
Addendum ████-005:
Recovered notes from the initial containment site include one document with the handwritten phrase: "Eat and be filled. Eat and be empty. The meal is always waiting."
Addendum ████-006
Site-██ administrator requested that more tests other than ingesting the eggs be done as test Addendum ████-004 was to perverse. One D-Class (D-1973) was instructed to enter the test chamber and pick up the bowl. D-1973 was then instructed to tip the bowl over having not been told beforehand of its anomalies properties.The contents of SCP-████ were all spilled out onto the floor. SCP-████ showed no sign of new instances of SCP-████-1 appearing or falling out onto the floor. D-1973 was then instructed to flip SCP-████ back over and return it to the table. Upon D-1973 completing this order SCP-████ quickly refiled itself with instances of SCP-████-1. D-1973 was understandably angry with this saying “What if this ███████ bowl just kept filling this room with ███████ eggs?!”
