Scp-1956

Item #: SCP-1956

Object Class: Euclid

SCP Name: The Gnomes

Special Containment Procedures: Each instance of SCP-1956 is to be contained in an individual standard humanoid containment chamber. Each instance of SCP-1956 is to be fed standard rations daily. Personnel tasked with interviewing SCP-1956 are to read the sheet SCP-1956-A-Lagomian, which contains the partially translated language of SCP-1956. Small items, such as culinary mushrooms and cheese, may be given if good behavior is maintained.

Description: SCP-1956 is the collective designation for 53 humanoid beings measuring approximately 0.6 m in height and weighing 8 kg on average. They vaguely resemble human infants with striped clothing of varying appearance covering their entire bodies except for their faces. Testing has revealed that these clothing are in fact part of their bodies. While they possess a varying number of tentacle-like appendages on their heads, they have the same physiological needs as human beings.

SCP-1956 are capable of telepathic communication and of changing their body structure to sprout new limbs. They are also capable of swallowing objects that should not fit inside them. The means by which they accomplish this are still under research. These abilities aid them in their signature "performances," which involve musical numbers and acrobatics simultaneously. (See Video Log 1956-17)

SCP-1956-1 are gasoline-powered robots used by SCP-1956 instances to play music. They resemble arthropod-like versions of common musical instruments, as well as unidentifiable versions. They appear to possess rudimentary intelligence, and refuse to be played by anyone other than SCP-1956 instances.