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Item #: SCP-XXXX-EX

Object Class: Safe-Explained

Special Containment Procedures:

Note: SCP-XXXX-EX is the designation for pens containing GOI-produced ink as described below. "Beil Ink Mk. 1" is the current designation for samples of ink produced by the Beil process.

Samples of either are to be kept and transported in an opaque container, assembled together with associated materials in safe-class storage lockers with corresponding antimemetic warning labels on the front of the locker.

Ink produced by the Beil procedure is currently in active use at Foundation front sites (PUBLIC/URBAN Types B1, B2, and B4) as the printing medium of Mk. 2 Schwartz/Ertmer Memetic Disinterest Glyphs, to be printed on-site and applied to any visible surface. For this purpose, it is loaded in the Y (Yellow) ink reservoir. If applied with correct coverage, tests have determined that no further camouflage is necessary in an urban environment.

These glyphs are not suitable for use in a rural environment, or anywhere already hidden from public view. Please consult document XXXX-Beil-3043.2 or contact the Department of Memetics for more details regarding applications.

Requests for use of Beil Ink outside of these glyphs is subject to local site director approval.

Requests for use of SCP-XXXX-EX is indefinitely denied, due to the limited supply and availability of Beil Ink.

Description: Foundation analysis has concluded that the unique colouration of SCP-XXXX-EX is a byproduct of the production process, which is available on SCPnet under request. Beil synthesis is in active production at Foundation Area-██, and being used at Foundation front organizations in [DATA EXPUNGED].

Photographs and colour printouts of either SCP-XXXX-EX or Beil Ink are unable to replicate the colouration of the ink, do not replicate its' effect, and in most cases are unable to display the ink at all. However, a Foundation-standard inkjet printer cartridge loaded with Beil Ink will function as expected with the addition of 0.27mL binding agent (self-crosslinking acrylic polymer binder) to each 1mL of Beil Ink.

The progression of SCP-XXXX-EX "schizophrenia" cases typically begin when the individual writes with, and then experiences SCP-XXXX-EX's effect. Note that these are not true schizophrenia cases, and symptoms are in fact a misattribution of the "intrusive thoughts" generated by reading messages written in SCP-XXXX-EX. When individuals with minor impulse control disorders and/or mild hypergraphia begin writing with SCP-XXXX-EX, they often write messages with an angry or derogatory tone, which is then anomalously transmitted back to them via SCP-XXXX-EX's effect.

The overrepresentation of this type of individual has indicated that they are somehow being targeted by the Person or Group of Interest responsible for the production of SCP-XXXX-EX.

Non-Foundation researchers in Denmark and Australia have found that the incidence rate of early-onset schizophrenia diagnoses has increased significantly in the period from 1971 to 201█, and that the higher incidence of the diagnosis among males seen earlier in the period has reversed. The researchers indicate that incidence has increased most in urban commercial areas, and offer no explanation for this increase.1

Any Foundation researchers known to have received an instance of SCP-XXXX by mail should be re-screened for minor psychiatric disorders.

Partial Testing Log:
Tests have been conducted to determine the scope of effects of SCP-XXXX, and assess its usefulness as a means of covertly transmitting information, infohazards and memetic glyphs.

Test A - 2016/02/15

Subject: D-25443
Procedure:
Subject given SCP-XXXX and ordinary writing paper.
Subject instructed to write "hello world"
Results:
Subject writes "Hello world" on paper.
Upon completion of task, subject paused and spoke aloud, asking "if we have anything for [him] to do except sit here"

Test B - 2016/02/15

Subject: D-25443, administered Class-W mnestic.
Procedure:
Subject reintroduced to chamber from test A, instructed to write "Hello World"
Results:
Upon completion of task, subject spoke aloud about the similarity in handwriting. "Is this why you guys have me in here? This is definitely my handwriting, but I didn't write this."
Analysis:
Antimemetic properties are not more powerful than 2 on the Foundation Antimemetic Index.
Material samples produced in Tests A and B stored in locker with SCP-XXXX.

Test C - 2016/02/15

Subject: D-25448, selected from same intake batch as D-25443.
Procedure:
Prior to test, note produced according to Foundation infohazard procedure using SCP-XXXX ink stating "the beagle barks at the shepherd at half past two".
Results:
Researcher: "D-25448, what time does the beagle bark?"
Subject exhibits distress.
Subject: "the fuck?"
Researcher: "D-25448, kindly answer the question or you will be reprimanded."
Subject: "half past two - how the fuck are you doing this? How do you know what's in my head?"
Subject given Class-A amnestic and returned to Site-██ personnel pool.
Analysis:
Antimemetic properties rate 1.5 on the FAI (Nonperceptible consciously, perceptible subconsciously)

Test D - 2016/04/16

Subject: D-25453, selected for lowest suicide risk among available candidates.
Procedure:
Prior to test, note produced using SCP-XXXX ink stating imperative, "Kill yourself immediately."
Table in test chamber prepared with pistol loaded with one(1) .45 caliber bullet, serrated knife, and nylon rope tied into noose.
Subject introduced to test chamber, and instructed to open envelope.
Results:
Subject exhibits distress upon looking toward table, and asks to leave chamber.
Researcher inquires as to cause of distress.
Subject asks "what do you want me to do here?", knocking on chamber's one-way safety glass.
Test concluded. Subject given Class-A amnestic, remanded under observation for seven(7) days following testing and returned to Site-██ personnel pool.
Analysis:
Subject not compelled to self-terminate. Tentatively conclude SCP-XXXX has limited or no compulsion effect.

Test F - 2016/04/17

Subject: D-25453, re-used from previous test for low suicide risk.
Procedure: Test procedures approved by Site Director and Site-██ Ethics Board.
Prior to test, under Foundation infohazard doctrine, paper produced using SCP-XXXX-EX ink with fast-acting Omicron-Beta (suicide) glyph. Paper enclosed in envelope for introduction to test chamber.
Table prepared as in test D, but pistol unloaded, knife deliberately dulled, and noose untied.
Subject introduced to test chamber, optical monitoring disabled.
Subject instructed to open envelope.
Hazardous objects recovered from test chamber without incident and destroyed.
Results:
Audio records indicate subject opened envelope, and immediately tried to shoot himself with pistol, before stabbing himself repeatedly with dulled knife. Subject was retrieved from test chamber and treated in medical bay. During treatment, subject self-terminated using syringe left briefly unattended by Dr.██████.
No further testing with infohazardous material is recommended.
Analysis:
Memetic glyphs remain effective with SCP-XXXX as a medium.

Test G - 2016/04/19

Subject: Researcher R. C. Calfee
Procedure: Test Procedure approved by Site-██ director.
Table prepared with blank paper, pen loaded with 0.5mL of SCP-XXXX.
Subject introduced to test chamber. Subject to write a pre-approved series of three sentences.
Results:
Subject enters test chamber.
Subject writes first sentence: "Hello, World", and briefly pauses.
Subject writes first sentence again: "Hello, World", and briefly pauses.
Subject continues to write first sentence 12 times, before pen fails to produce mark on paper.
Subject remanded as E-Class personnel, held for seven days observation.
Analysis:
Subject described the now-established effect of writing with SCP-XXXX ink.

Test H - 2016/04/27

Subject: Researcher R. C. Calfee, returned to duty.
Procedure: Test Procedure approved by Site-██ director.
Table prepared with two envelopes containing a declarative sentence unknown to the subject, as in Test C.
Subject enters test chamber.
Subject opens each envelope in turn, reports result verbally.
Results:
Subject speaks aloud. "Interesting."
Subject speaks aloud. "First statement - The manticore is behind the moon." Sentence is correct.
Subject speaks aloud. "Second statement - Qui n'avance pas, recule2. But I don't speak French." Sentence is correct.
Subject remanded as E-Class, held for seven days observation.
Analysis:
Experiment established the effect of viewing articles written with SCP-XXXX ink.
Subject described no impulse to believe or trust the truth of either statement.

By mid-2016, Foundation researchers were working under the assumption that the unique coloration of the ink was responsible for its anomalous properties, and were attempting to replicate the ink using colorimetric analysis of the ink itself.

However, developments towards the end of 2016 indicated that the coloration was due to the unique manufacturing process. As with other items produced by the GOI known as Dr. Wondertainment, the anomalous manufacturing process used [REDACTED] as a critical component. Upon this realization, the Beil procedure was developed. This chemical synthesis procedure produces a pigment very similar to SCP-XXXX ink, but with a coloration described as 'yellow-blue' as opposed to 'green-blue'. Aside from the coloration, Beil synthesized ink bears the same anomalous effects as SCP-XXXX, and is therefore included in this document.

Incident Report SCP-2923-01:
A box containing SCP-XXXX was delivered anonymously by courier to ████ ██████████████, a foundation front company in Baku, Azerbaijan in January of 2017. On-site security personnel reported a potential memetic hazard when they found the box empty after x-ray scans had revealed an object inside. The company was briefly quarantined under Foundation-standard pretext 002 - "Influenza Outbreak", and recovery was made by embedded antimemetics-briefed personnel. Courier was interrogated and amnesticized. The item was relocated without incident to Site-██, where it is presently contained.

Incident Report SCP-2923-02:

On 2016/07/28 Researcher R. C. Calfee, failed his yearly psychiatric inventory, revealing a previously undiagnosed mild schizoaffective disorder. Calfee was a researcher with the Department of Memetics, and had contact with SCP-XXXX more than 75 times in testing. Following Foundation standard procedure, Researcher Calfee has been indefinitely reassigned to E-Class as a precaution, and is to receive treatment beginning August 4th.

A further █ people on the SCP-XXXX research team have also failed their yearly psychiatric inventory, potentially revealing a secondary effect of SCP-XXXX.

Foundation Ethics Board advises that the risk of an increase to global schizophrenia incidence is acceptable in light of Beil Ink's usefulness and potency as perceptual camouflage for urban Foundation front sites.