Current working draft…
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe Thaumiel Euclid
Special Containment Procedures (revised October 15th 2010):
SCP-XXXX cannot be contained with currently available Foundation resources. Until a containment method can be found, agents assigned to the ███████ Consortium should focus efforts on mitigation, especially reducing the growth rate. Current mitigations include restricting the amount of text that can be posted on popular communication websites such as ███████.
Previous Special Containment Procedures (1991):
SCP-XXXX is to be distributed by a consortium of major technology companies, including ██████, ███, and █████. Foundation agents have been inserted into these companies to insure that use of SCP-XXXX remains aligned with Foundation goals.
Previous Special Containment Procedures (1990):
SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a locked filing cabinet in the IT resource library at Site 19
Description:
SCP-XXXX is an unusually complex technical standards document, 980 pages in length as of 2015, describing a system for representing, storing, and processing written language. Its author and publisher are unknown, but judging by repeated references throughout the text to “astral characters” and a “basic multilingual plane”, appear to be extraplanar. SCP-XXXX was found by a robotic deep exploration team scanning for coherent texts inside SCP-1986, approximately 1500km from the entry point.
At the suggestion of Researcher Matt Davis [see attached correspondence], the O5 council reclassified SCP-XXXX as Thaumiel and approved worldwide deployment to aid in international communication, as well as restore compatibility between Foundation computer systems and those used in the rest of the world.
From: Matt Davis <gro.fpcs|msivad#gro.fpcs|msivad>
To: O5 Council <gro.fpcs.puorg|stseuqer-5o#gro.fpcs.puorg|stseuqer-5o>
Date: September 18th 1990
Subject: We should use SCP-XXXXSCP-XXXX is a non-anomalous document, though of anomalous origin, containing a detailed description of an improvement to current international text processing systems.
We’re currently storing it in a filing cabinet, since we’re not sure what to do with it, but initial use in Foundation systems has shown promising results. Unfortunately, it’s not completely compatible with older systems, so we’ve run into a few issues with documents from outside sources.
I propose that we form a shell organization to coördinate distribution of this to the world both for our own benefit (so we remain compatible with them) and for everyone’s benefit (so they can communicate more easily).
- Matt Davis
From: O5-█ <████@scpf.org>
To: Matt Davis <gro.fpcs|msivad#gro.fpcs|msivad>
Date: September 19th 1990
Subject: Re: We should use SCP-XXXXThis looks like a straightforward win for humanity, and there’s no reason we should be keeping non-anomalous objects cluttering up our library. Reclassified as Thaumiel, and approved.
- O5-█
Addendum 1, 1998:
From: O5-█ <████@scpf.org>
To: Matt Davis <gro.fpcs|msivad#gro.fpcs|msivad>
Date: June 17th 1998
Subject: Re: We should use SCP-XXXXThe most recent publication from the ██████ Consortium doesn’t look anything like what we approved back in 1990, please explain.
- O5-█
From: Matt Davis <gro.fpcs|msivad#gro.fpcs|msivad>
To: O5-█ <████@scpf.org>
Date: June 17th 1998
Subject: Re: We should use SCP-XXXXTrue, it’s much better now! We can handle historical documents in long–dead languages, and have additional representations for improved compatibility. I realize it looks alarming, but the growth will stop once it encompasses all human languages.
- Matt Davis
From: O5-█ <████@scpf.org>
To: Matt Davis <gro.fpcs|msivad#gro.fpcs|msivad>
Date: June 17th 1998
Subject: Re: We should use SCP-XXXXI see. I hope I don’t regret approving this. I’ve marked this for continued monitoring.
- O5-█
Addendum 2, 2010:
From: O5-█ <████@scpf.org>
To: Matt Davis <gro.fpcs|msivad#gro.fpcs|msivad>
CC: Infohazards Group <gro.fpcs.puorg|sdrazahofni#gro.fpcs.puorg|sdrazahofni>
Date: October 12th 2010
Subject: Re: We should use SCP-XXXX858 new ideographs? What language are these supposed to be from? Mark, this is out of control, what’s going on here?
- O5-█
From: Matt Davis <gro.fpcs|msivad#gro.fpcs|msivad>
To: O5-█ <████@scpf.org>
CC: Infohazards Group <gro.fpcs.puorg|sdrazahofni#gro.fpcs.puorg|sdrazahofni>
Date: October 12th 2010
Subject: Re: We should use SCP-XXXXIsn’t it glorious? These are so much simpler to communicate with, and allow subtle emotional overtones to be added to text! 😃
- Matt Davis
From: Cognitohazard Rapid Response Team <gro.fpcs.puorg|srethgiferifgoc#gro.fpcs.puorg|srethgiferifgoc>
To: O5 Council <gro.fpcs.puorg|tnegru-5o#gro.fpcs.puorg|tnegru-5o>
CC: Infohazards Group <gro.fpcs.puorg|sdrazahofni#gro.fpcs.puorg|sdrazahofni>, Matt Davis <gro.fpcs|msivad#gro.fpcs|msivad>
Date: October 12th 2010
Subject: [red] Uncontained Memetic Infection (was Re: We should use SCP-XXXX)[countermemetic image]
We’ve deployed active countermeasures across the Foundation infosphere, and opened an emergency investigation into SCP-XXXX’s apparent anomalies.
Addendum 3, 2010:
Contrary to previous understanding, SCP-XXXX has several anomalous properties, including a sophisticated package of self-reinforcing cognito- and info-hazardous effects1:
- The length and complexity of SCP-XXXX grows over time. When first acquired, SCP-XXXX specified a single representation of language capable of describing all known modern human languages. In its current form, it specifies 4 forms of each of 3 representational schemas, each capable of describing all past and present languages, plus an additional ideographic system not known to correspond to any human language.
- A memetic effect when SCP-XXXX is read or described, which induces belief that deployment of SCP-XXXX is both a moral imperative and of significant practical benefit.
- An amnestic effect, delivered via the same vectors as the memetic effect, which suppresses relevant memories and experience when estimating the risk of deploying SCP-XXXX
- An infohazardous effect, such that computer systems storing SCP-XXXX or documents created using it will over time become incompatible with non-SCP-XXXX systems via the automatic introduction of glyphs specified by SCP-XXXX
As such, SCP-XXXX has been reclassified as Euclid.
At the current rate of expansion, projections suggest that essentially all computational resources on Earth will be devoted to processing SCP-XXXX by the year ████. Given its current ubiquitous deployment and self-defending memetic/antimemetic effects, traditional countermeasures such as manual antimemetic inoculation of those exposed to it and purging it from public networks are impractical.
Addendum 4, 2015:
A secondary phrase-triggered infohazardous effect of SCP-XXXX has been discovered. This causes computer systems2 receiving data incorporating some sequences of SCP-XXXX glyphs, designated SCP-XXXX-N, to display a variety of unwanted behaviors, including crashing and loss of data. The full set of SCP-XXXX-N variants is unknown, as analysis of their common structure is ongoing. The first SCP-XXXX-N glyph sequence discovered, dubbed SCP-XXXX-1, is “Power لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗”3.
From: Researcher Ellen Conway <gro.fpcs|yawnoce#gro.fpcs|yawnoce>
To: SCP-XXXX Research Team <gro.fpcs.puorg|sisylana-xxxxpcs#gro.fpcs.puorg|sisylana-xxxxpcs>
Date: November 2nd, 2015
Subject: Possible Daevite connection?Does the resemblance to SCP-140 concern anyone else? They’re both self-expanding extraplanar memetic textual artifacts with connections to China and the surrounding areas.
Do the ‘140 folks have someone working on threat modeling for retconned timelines where the Daevites survived long enough to have computers?If it is of Daevite origin, I think we’re looking at this wrong: it’s not that we’re discovering aspects of SCP-XXXX that we’d missed before. It’s adding these new capabilities to itself as it grows.