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- Memetic Evolution v2
- Memetic tale revisited
- Virtual Lounge
- Unnamed Tale (unsuccessful)
- Tale Credits
- The Document (Work-In-Progress)
- The Seafloor
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- Multiverse Travellers (wip)
- Too Many Spiders (rejected)
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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: All Redfern-class (Hereon abbreviated as R-class) memetic agents that are currently dispersed are to be evaluated bimonthly for changes in properties. R-class memes that are stored within a host's mind rather than within static media are to be evaluated for changes prior to dispersal. If any discrepancies found are sufficient to prevent the meme from functioning correctly, dispersal may be cancelled or, if necessary, amnestics or counter-memes administered.
Due to the fact that R-class memes are essential for multiple critical containment projects, their use cannot be discontinued at this time. The department of Memetics and Cognitohazards is conducting research to find a suitable replacement. There is currently no projected date for the project's completion.
Description: SCP-XXXX is an anomalous phenomenon affecting R-class memetic agents1, a standard carrier meme used to distribute memetic agents among populations. SCP-XXXX manifests as unexpected changes to the properties and effects of an R-class meme while it resides within an infected population. Changes most often accelerate the meme's spread and dampen instinctive responses of infected persons. The rate of alteration is inversely proportional to negative duration of infection, represented by Mackie's Formula2
SCP-XXXX exists as a gradual change. For the ease of identification it has been classified as five incremental stages with distinct identifying features. (Note: descriptions of effects assume a Redfern-class Non-Transmissible Carrier meme3 )
Stage 0 (0 days): No change from original properties.
Stage 1 (~36 days): Changes are detectable during in-depth psychological analysis, but do not meaningfully impact performance or function of meme. Common symptoms of stage 1 include slightly increased tendency to transmit meme through appropriate media, marginally reduced dexterity and precise motor control, and small unexpected shifts in vocabulary.
Stage 2 (~95 days): Changes begin to be immediately noticeable to personnel with memetics training. Meme function is slightly altered, but typically not significantly enough to jeopardize objectives. Meme may now be transmissible through another form of media. Symptoms of previous stage are amplified. New symptoms include mild obsessive thoughts (typically unrelated to meme) and reports of sporadic mild auditory hallucinations.
Stage 3 (~212 days): Changes are noticeable to untrained persons. Memetic agent is now compromised to the point that field use should typically be aborted. Symptoms of previous stage are amplified to a greater extent. Loss of fine motor control is now sufficient to impact day-to-day life. Involuntary muscle twitches are commonly present.
Stage 4 (~563 days): Effects are immediately noticeable to untrained persons and to subject. Redfern-class memetic agents deployed in the field must be recalled prior to reaching this stage. As well as previous stage symptoms, subjects report involuntary coordinated movements and occasional involuntary speech. (see Addendum 2 for list of recorded phrases from subjects)
Stage 5 (due to the asymptote of Mackie's formula existing at $s=5$, it is mathematically impossible for stage 5 to truly occur. The following data is collected from subjects that have been infected for upwards of 1000 days): Subjects experience near-total loss of free will and consciousness. Movements and speech still take place involuntarily, despite severely limited ability to receive stimulus. Changes to involuntary speech also occur, see addendum 2. Heavy amnestic treatment is required to recover subjects, and approximately 30% retain brain damage and some mental alterations.
This is the official Memetics and Cognitohazards division internal document for Redfern-Class memetic agents. The division's condensed documents explain properties in a concise manner and do not follow the standard Special Containment Procedure document format.
Name: Redfern-class memetic agent
Origin: Foundation-made
Type: Carrier
Size: 5067 Coudert4
Payload capacity (if applicable): 90,000 Coudert
Transmission Methods: Variable
Symptoms: Subtle compulsion to transmit meme to uninfected persons
Duration of effects: Indefinite
Counter-meme prepared?: Yes
Threat to human consciousness: Low with proper monitoring and management
Notes: Designed for maximum dispersion potential and versatile payload capability. Undergoes changes over time due to SCP-XXXX.
Persons infected with Redfern-class memetic agents suffering from stage 4 SCP-XXXX infection have been known to speak involuntarily. A log of significant common speech from subjects is shown below:
| Number of simultaneously infected subjects: | Stage of infection: | Speech: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | "this doesn't feel right" | First recorded instance of speech repeated across multiple subjects |
| 4 | 4 | "Still not enough" | Variations have been recorded whenever 5 simultaneously infected subjects reach stage 4 |
| 7 | 4 | "Thinking isn't right" | First recorded variation from common speech patterns |
| 11 | 4 | "I'm a prisoner" | Does not appear until upwards of 10 subjects are at stage 4 |
| 1 | 5 | "It worked" | Most common of the very few recurring deviations from normal involuntary speech patterns in stage-5 subjects |
09/09/1980
Today, we have successfully developed the first ever two-stage meme that transmits as a single unit. The "carrier" is a modified Martinez-Hill meme, a lightweight transmissible meme that induces greater receptiveness to suggestion. Our modified version contains a rudimentary logical pointer in the place of the usual effects. Said pointer is pointed at our "payload," a Hinton meme, a drowsiness-inducer that's normally too bulky to insert into any sort of easily transmissible media. We've managed to "tack on" the Hinton meme to the Martinez-Hill meme. In theory, they'll function as a single unit, and if this works in testing the future of memetics will be changed forever. We'll hope to eventually try it with something really bulky like a Borrego selective dissociator.
03/10/1980
Testing didn't go as planned the first time. The Hinton wasn't secured firmly enough, and after the third or fourth transmission it got left behind. We tried again with a smaller "payload" and a second conceptual pointer and had a little bit more luck. The meme stayed attached for twenty transmissions. We're going to keep experimenting with modifying the current setup before attempting a Hinton again.
31/10/1980
We've managed to make it 100 transmissions with no detectable losses of integrity. For small-scale transmission, that's considered field-ready. The memes are firmly anchored but still separate enough that we were able to use the same Martinez-Hill variant with a different lightweight payload as well. We're looking at a working Hinton by Christmas, and then this could be useful for something.
23/12/1980
The Hinton was unstable when we tested it. Any attempts to strengthen the anchoring just seemed to make it weaker. I was determined to finish this, I thought "we're so close to revolutionizing memetics forever. We just need to solve this one problem." The last few months have shown that the problem is the carrier. If we add too many pointers and "attachment points" to a Martinez-Hill meme, it quickly gets too big to transmit itself. A Hinton is just too bulky to try to mount on this carrier, it's like trying to pull a tank with a horse. We've begun work on a new carrier, a two-stage one that has one portion for transmission and one for attaching payload.
13/07/1981
Meetings with the division about the project have been getting less frequent. I suppose it makes sense, we haven't made much progress in a couple months and they only want to hear about results.
09/09/1981
It's been a year. The carrier is huge, immensely complex, yet we can't get anything bigger than a Langford adaptable compulsion meme to work with it. The division hasn't met with us in a month. The money keeps coming in, but it's less than what it used to be. I don't want to get closed down. In this job it's not uncommon for a year or two of your life to vanish, but you normally don't have to remember all the wasted work you did in that time.
20/03/1991
I did it. I made it work. I had to give it rudimentary intelligence, make it able to think simple thoughts on its own, but I did it. We overcame the issue caused by small differences between minds compromising the meme's function, and successfully made the biggest transmissible meme in history. It's a shame we've had to let people go, it slows work down, but the division wants its memeticists working on their current big containment project. Next week we test the Borrego Selective Dissociator, one of our biggest non-transmissibles. If it works, the division might give us a boost in funding.
30/03/1991
It can't handle the Borrego. We were so hopeful. It's not intelligent enough, and we can't make it smarter. The Memetics & Cognitohazards division has one of the biggest supercomputers there are, and we've pushed that thing to its limit making this meme. The hardware to accommodate more hard drives and processing power than what we have doesn't exist. I got a letter from the division today, they're bringing in some rookies and demotions and transferring almost everyone else. To think that all this work, what could have been my biggest contribution to the field of memetics - to humanity, might go to waste. I can't imagine that. I can't let it happen. I can't let the division send me somewhere else. I can't. I don't know how, but I have to stop it.
Dr. Redfern was found dead in her quarters on April 13th 1991. It was confirmed to be a suicide by exsanguination, prompted by stress due to her work. Shortly after her death, her Department of Memetics and Cognitohazards development team successfully completed the meme, naming it in her honor.
Note: The following entry was discovered hidden in Dr. Redfern's quarters in 2018. It bears no date, but is believed to have been written in early April 1991 shortly before her suicide.
I've come to a final decision about how to stop the last ten and a half years of work from going to waste. The preparations are almost done. If it works, memetics will never be the same. If not, I don't think I'll really care.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: All self-propagating Redfern-class memetic agents that are currently dispersed, or exist only in a state that currently resides within a human mind rather than as a part of static infectious media, are to be evaluated bimonthly for changes in properties. When a Redfern-class memetic agent that only exists within an infected person's mind is to be dispersed, it is to be thoroughly analyzed for changes in properties from those initially recorded. If any discrepancies are found, a thorough study of properties is to be conducted prior to dispersal, and, if discrepancies are discovered that render its properties unusable for the intended purpose, dispersal may be cancelled.
Due to the fact that redfern-class memetic agents are essential for multiple critical containment projects, their use cannot be discontinued at this time. The memetics department is conducting research to find a suitable replacement, however there is currently no projected date for the project's completion.
Description: SCP-XXXX is an anomalous phenomenon affecting redfern-class memetic agents. While a Redfern-class meme resides within an infected population, it will anomalously undergo changes to its properties. Changes most often accelerate the meme's spread and dampen instinctive responses of infected persons. The rate of alteration is proportional to the inverse of duration of infection, represented by:
$s= -{1 \over {([t/86400] + 140) / {M_{c}}}} +5$
Where $s$ is the stage of SCP-XXXX's effect, $t$ is duration of infection in seconds, and $M_{c}$ is Mackie's constant.5 $M_{c} = 704.6$
SCP-XXXX exists as a gradual change, however for the ease of identification it has been classified as five incremental stages with distinct identifying features. (Note: descriptions of effects assume a Redfern-class Non-Transmissible Carrier meme6 )
Stage 0 (0 days): No change from original properties.
Stage 1 (~36 days): Changes are detectable during thorough testing, but do not meaningfully impact performance or function of meme. Common symptoms of stage 1 include slightly increased tendency to transmit meme through appropriate media, marginally reduced dexterity and precise motor control, and small unexpected shifts in vocabulary.
Stage 2 (~95 days): Changes begin to be immediately noticeable to personnel with memetics training. Meme function is slightly altered, but typically not significantly enough to jeopardize objectives. Meme may now be transmissible through another form of media. Symptoms include mild obsessive thoughts (typically unrelated to meme), slightly reduced fine motor control, tendency to attempt to transmit meme in communications with uninfected persons (typically taking care to do so subtly), larger changes to vocabulary, and reports of sporadic mild auditory hallucinations.
Stage 3 (~212 days): Changes are noticeable to untrained persons. Memetic agent is now compromised to the point that field use should typically be aborted. Subjects report moderate obsessive thoughts, loss of fine motor control sufficient to impact day-to-day life, involuntary muscle twitches, noticeable and forced attempts to transmit meme in any communications with uninfected persons, significant changes to vocabulary from baseline, and moderate auditory hallucinations in line with those suffering from schizophrenia.
Stage 4 (~563 days): Effects are immediately noticeable to untrained persons and to subject. Redfern-class memetic agents deployed in the field must be recalled prior to reaching this stage. Subjects report extreme obsessive thoughts, involuntary coordinated movements, attempts to transmit meme through any available means during periods of lucidity, severe auditory hallucinations, and occasional involuntary speech. (see Addendum 3 for list of recorded words from subjects)
Stage 5 (due to the asymptote of Mackie's formula existing at $s=5$, it is mathematically impossible for stage 5 to truly occur. The following data is collected from subjects that have been infected for upwards of 1000 days): Subjects experience near-total loss of free will and consciousness. Movements and speech still take place involuntarily, despite severely limited ability to receive stimulus. Speech typically [REDACTED, SEE ADDENDUM 2]
Name: Redfern-class memetic agent
Origin: Foundation-made
Type: Carrier
Transmission Methods: Variable
Symptoms: Subtle compulsion to transmit meme to uninfected persons
Duration of effects: Indefinite
Counter-meme prepared?: Yes
Threat to human consciousness: Low with proper monitoring and management
Notes: Designed for maximum dispersion potential and versatile payload capability. Undergoes changes over time due to SCP-XXXX.
Persons infected with Redfern-class memetic agents suffering from level 4 SCP-XXXX infection have been known to speak involuntarily. A log of significant common speech from subjects is shown below:
| Number of simultaneous stage-4 subjects: | Speech: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "this doesn't feel right" | First recorded instance of speech repeated across multiple subjects |
| 4 | "Still not enough" | Variations have been recorded whenever 5 simultaneously infected subjects reach stage 4 |
| 7 | "Thinking isn't right" | First recorded variation from common speech patterns |
| 11 | "This wasn't supposed to happen" | Does not appear until upwards of 10 subjects are at stage 4 |
09/09/1980
Today, we have successfully developed the first ever two-stage meme that transmits as a single unit. The "carrier" is a modified Martinez-Hill meme that contains a rudimentary logical pointer in the place of the usual effects. Said pointer is pointed at our "payload," a Hinton meme, the kind that's normally too bulky to insert into any sort of easily transmissible media. We've managed to "tack on" the Hinton meme to the Martinez-Hill meme. In theory, they'll function as a single unit, and if this works in testing the future of memetics will be changed forever. If this works we'll hope to try it with something really bulky like a Borrego selective dissociator.
13/09/1980
Testing didn't go as planned. The Hinton wasn't conceptually secured firmly enough, and after the third or fourth transmission it got left behind. We'll try again soon, maybe with a smaller "payload." next test is scheduled for start of october.
03/10/1980
We had a little bit more luck this time. We used a smaller payload meme and two pointers. It was able to stay attached for a bit longer, twenty transmissions. We're going to keep experimenting with modifying the current setup before attempting a Hinton again.
31/10/1980
We've managed to make it 100 transmissions with no detectable losses of integrity. For small-scale transmission, that's considered field-ready. The memes are firmly anchored but still separate enough that we were able to use the same Martinez-Hill variant with a second lightweight payload. We're looking at a working Hinton by christmas, and then this could be useful for something.
23/12/1980
The Hinton was unstable. Any attempts to strengthen the anchoring just seemed to make it weaker. I'm determined to finish this, we're so close to revolutionizing memetics forever. We just need to solve this one problem.
10/05/1981
The last few months have shown that the problem is the carrier. If we add too much to a Martinez-Hill meme, it quickly stops being able to transmit itself. A Hinton is just too bulky to try to mount on this carrier, it's like trying to pull a tank with a horse. We've begun work on a new carrier, a two-stage one that has one portion for transmission and one for attaching payload.
09/09/1981
It's been a year. The carrier is huge, immensely complex, yet we can't get anything bigger than a Langford compulsion meme to work with it. The division keeps funding us for now, but there's been tension since we haven't made any visible progress in months. I don't want to get closed down. In this line of work it's not uncommon for a year or two of your life to vanish, but you normally don't have to remember all the wasted work you did in that time.
02/07/1983
I've begun to seriously consider giving this thing some sort of rudimentary intelligence rather than just hijacking some of the host's neural pathways to make them do the work of decompressing the payload. Differences between human minds are just too great for something this big and fragile to work reliably, one neuron not where it should be and the data just doesn't get processed the right way to work.
20/03/1991
I did it. I made it work. I had to make it able to think simple thoughts on its own, but I did it. We have successfully made the biggest transmissible meme in history, and it works nearly flawlessly. Next week we test the Borrego Selective Dissociator, one of our bigger non-transmissibles that makes my meme look like nothing.
30/03/1991
It can't handle the Borrego. We were so hopeful. It's not intelligent enough, and we can't make it smarter. The Memetics & Cognitohazards division has one of the biggest supercomputers there are, and we've pushed that thing to its limit. The hardware to accommodate more hard drives and processing power than what we have in such a way that we could still use it doesn't exist. To think that all this work, what could have been my biggest contribution to the field of memetics - to humanity, might go to waste. I can't imagine that. I can't let it happen. I can't. I don't know how, but I have to stop it.
Dr. Redfern was found dead in her quarters on April 13th 1991. It was confirmed to be a suicide by exsanguination, prompted by stress due to her work. Shortly after her death, the Department of Memetics and Cognitohazards development team she had led successfully completed the meme, naming it in her honor.
Note: The following entry was discovered hidden in Dr. Redfern's quarters in 2018. It bears no date, but is believed to have been written in early April 1991 shortly before her suicide
I've come to a final decision about how to stop the last ten and a half years of work from going to waste. The preparations are almost done. If it works, memetics will never be the same. If not, I don't think I'll really care.
Welcome to the SCP Foundation Virtual Lounge!
The SCP foundation Virtual Lounge has been created to provide personnel living on Foundation sites with a means of recreation and casual communication with other employees.
Overview:
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Department of Memetics and Cognitohazards
Incident Report 0302 August 13 2019
Decennial Infectious Meme Breach Drill Report
Details of Meme used for Decennial Infectious Meme Breach Drill July 2019
NOTE: THIS VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS OUTDATED.
Memetic Agent used: Dispersion-compulsion meme █████-███
Origin: Foundation-made
Type: Subconscious Emotion Manipulation
Transmission Methods: Written language, spoken language
Symptoms: Subtle compulsion to transmit meme to uninfected persons
Duration of effects: Indefinite (Self-dispersing counter-meme administered August 13 2019)
Counter-meme prepared?: Yes
Threat to human consciousness: Very low
Censored version of infectious media: Did you hear about the [MEMETIC HAZARD EXPUNGED] in [MEMETIC HAZARD EXPUNGED]?
Notes: Designed for maximum dispersion potential. Not detectable without training. Dispersion coincided with event in [MEMETIC HAZARD EXPUNGED] to help preserve normalcy. Safe period for sustained infection determined to be at least three weeks.
Begin log
July 01, 2019: Drill commences. Memetic agent is dispersed in [REDACTED], Finland, near Memetic Containment Area 03.
July 02, 2019: Memetic screening protocols discover meme and basic research into its nature begins. Provisional containment site-401 is compromised. Infection is prevented from spreading via internet.
July 03, 2019: Foundation personnel are informed that a memetic breach drill is in progress. Infection reaches Helsinki. Provisional containment sites located in Helsinki are compromised. Foundation efforts at preventing spread of infection via internet are believed successful.
July 04, 2019: Foundation efforts are unsuccessful at preventing spread of infection to Sweden. Armed containment site 47, located near Finland-Sweden border, is compromised.
July 05, 2019: First signs of infection located in major cities worldwide. Several large Foundation sites, including Site-19, Site-31, and Site-17, are partially compromised.
July 06, 2019: Memetic isolation protocols implemented in affected cities, under various cover stories. Partial information blackout successful in preserving cover stories and reducing spread to unaffected areas.
July 07, 2019: Site-31 is forced to compromise the remainder of its staff in order to ensure containment of Keter-class item.
July 08, 2019: All useful facilities of Site-17 are compromised. Onsite Mobile Task Forces evacuate unaffected personnel, but the majority of agents are compromised.
July 09, 2019: Contaminated media on Foundation intranet compromises reliquary containment site 72. RAISA personnel report an unsustainable rate of infection among themselves and estimate 5 days until they have been fully compromised.
July 10, 2019: Containment efforts begin to fail in major cities.
July 11, 2019: Containment efforts collapse completely in New York, Paris, London, Moscow, Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo, Toronto, Osaka, Barcelona, Mexico City, and Los Angeles. Foundation personnel left within these cities are considered to be compromised.
July 12, 2019: Samuel.aic, a Foundation Artificial Intelligence Conscript responsible for overseeing the operation of Foundation webcrawlers, begins to distribute infectious content.
July 13, 2019: Efforts to isolate Samuel.aic from the Foundation intranet are unsuccessful and result in infection of remaining RAISA personnel. RAISA is compromised. Sites download the most recent uncontaminated versions of the database and disconnect from the intranet.
July 14, 2019: Site-19 is compromised. Mobile Task Forces Eta-10 ("See No Evil") and Pi-1 ("City Slickers") forced to withdraw from major cities and focus efforts on protection of Foundation facilities and unaffected civilian populations.
July 15, 2019: A prototype counter-meme is developed at Memetic Research Site 18, however it requires a time-consuming process to place into a subject's mind and posseses multiple adverse side effects. Research into placing counter-meme onto a transmissible carrier and removing side effects continues.
July 16, 2019: Samuel.aic breaches isolation at Memetic Research Site 18 and partially contaminates personnel. O5 council holds vote to decide whether to decommission Samuel.aic or to allow drill to continue without interference. Samuel.aic is allowed to remain active.
July 17, 2019: Keter-class object breaches containment at Site-41. Infected members of Mobile Task Force Epsilon-11 ("Nine-Tailed Fox") provide assistance, limiting casualties and successfully recontaining item but compromising Site-41.
July 21, 2019: End of tested safe period for sustained infection. Infection is expected to remain safe and drill is not concluded.
July 22, 2019: Remaining Foundation personnel have gathered at the seven remaining uncompromised sites. Non-infected personnel at Memetic Research Site 18 manage to establish contact with Site-37. The only remaining unaffected civilian population is rendered inaccessible by presence of infected populations.
July 25, 2019: Experimental counter-meme has been streamlined and is believed to be safe for civilian exposure. Research is ongoing to attach counter-meme to a transmissible carrier meme.
July 27, 2019: Isolation is breached at Memetic Research Site 18, resulting in complete compromise of onsite personnel. Site-37 suffers partial infection but still expects to produce functioning counter-meme by August 10.
July 28, 2019: Incursions by Samuel.aic result in infection of majority of O5 council, as well as compromise of 4 remaining sites. Infected O5s vote 5-3 against decomissioning Samuel.aic.
July 30, 2019: Isolation at Site-37 suffers partial failure, resulting in infection of 15% of remaining personnel. Isolation is re-established.
August 5, 2019: Compulsion effect of meme begins to increase in strength. Affected personnel begin to develop obsessive thoughts regarding spreading the meme and express mild distress and frustration at their inability to do so.
August 6, 2019: Counter-meme developed prior to drill is prepared for distribution.
August 7, 2019: Infected civilians learn of existence of uninfected personnel at the location of Site-91. Entire population of nearby town is involved in an attack, infecting all personnel and incurring casualties on both sides. Civilians are detained and interrogated. As per protocol, information gathered from interrogation is not shared with unaffected sites.
August 8, 2019: Infectious media located in orders from O5 council compromises personnel at Memetic Containment Area 03, the only remaining site responsible for distribution of emergency counter-meme. Counter-meme cannot be distributed prior to complete infection of personnel. Contact is not attempted by remaining sites.
August 9, 2019: Compulsion effect increases in strength, causing severe sadness and anger responses in affected individuals when unable to spread infection. Isolation is breached at Site-37 once again, resulting in compromise of 75% of remaining personnel before containment can be re-established. Attempts to administer counter-meme are unsuccessful due to lack of a suitable carrier. Site-102 is attacked by a group of civilians and allows compromise rather than incurring casualties. Samuel.aic infects O5 council's guards, and the remaining council members are infected. Council votes 13-0 against decommissioning Samuel.aic.
August 12, 2019: After failing to break isolation through other means, Samuel.aic initiates breach of multiple Euclid-class items at Site-154. Heavy personnel losses are suffered and total infection takes place shortly after.
August 13, 2019: Site-37 successfully attaches counter-meme to an infectious carrier. Distribution begins, but those affected by the counter-meme are frequently attacked by infected individuals.
August 30, 2019: Infection is considered to be eradicated worldwide. Civilians involved in attacks on Site-91 and Site-102 are amnesticized. Information blackout procedures are successful in convincing civilians that effects were limited to their individual regions and cover stories are disseminated. Web-crawlers prevent discussion of event between individuals from different regions.
End Log
Total Foundation casualties: 178
Total Civilian casualties: ~1250
End notes: Samuel.aic was determined to have a more human-like structure than previously thought, leading to classification as SCP-████. On Jan 27 2020, SCP-████ ceased all activity, and was declared decommissioned on Feb 02 2020.
Designation: Dispersion-compulsion meme █████-███
Origin: Foundation made
Type: Emotion manipulation
Transmission methods: Written language, spoken language
Symptoms: Subtle compulsion to transmit meme to uninfected persons, develops into depression and anger if unable to spread meme after 3-4 weeks of infection.
Duration of effects: Indefinite (Self-dispersing counter-meme administered August 13 2019)
Threat to human consciousness: High
Censored version of infectious media: Did you hear about the [MEMETIC HAZARD EXPUNGED] in [MEMETIC HAZARD EXPUNGED]?
Notes: Following events of 2019 decennial infectious meme drill, dispersion-compulsion meme █████-███ has been permanently discontinued from use. More rigorous testing protocols have been put in place to prevent similar incidents.
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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a standard Safe Class locker. Following testing, all spaces within a 50 meter radius of SCP-XXXX that are of sufficient size to accommodate a human cadaver must be kept under observation of security cameras. One area must be set aside for the appearance of corpses and left unobserved until all cadavers have reappeared. If SCP-XXXX must be removed from its locker, direct observation is to be limited to prevent manifestation of SCP-XXXX-1.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a piece of standard A4 paper. Despite being blank, it appears to contain a standard SCP document describing an unknown anomalous entity when viewed directly. Each viewer reports the document to contain a description of a different entity. Readers quickly become frightened, though this response is theorized to be non-anomalous in nature.
Upon reading the document in its entirety, the anomalous entity described, designated SCP-XXXX-1, will manifest in an unobserved location near the reader. Following manifestation, the entity, designated SCP-XXXX-1, will move to the reader, subdue or restrain them, then travel to an unobserved location and disappear with its victim. SCP-XXXX-1 is completely unresponsive to all stimulus generated by sapient entities other than its target, unless it has been prevented from demanifesting or reaching its target for a period of at least 5 minutes. At this time it will attempt to destroy any objects or sapient beings observing it or impeding its progress. With the exception of termination of the subject, all attempts to prevent SCP-XXXX-1 from capturing the subject have thus far been unsuccessful. SCP-XXXX-1 instances are not impervious to damage, and can be terminated, though upon death of an instance another will manifest and remove the subject and any deceased instances. Transcribed copies of SCP-XXXX documents have not been shown to produce any anomalous effects (see transcript Test #XXXX-13).
In 94% of all documented cases, within three weeks of disappearance, the subject's remains have appeared in an unobserved area near the current location of SCP-XXXX. Cause of death has varied between subjects. Bodies are universally missing significant portions of their muscle tissue.
Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are theorized to originate from a pocket dimension or extra-universal space, or are capable of instantaneously travelling when not observed (See test #XXXX-16).
SCP-XXXX-2 refers to an entity that has been seen within the unknown location SCP-XXXX-1 relocates to following demanifestation. It has the physical appearance of an adult male human. It is unknown whether it is sapient or capable of speech, though its ability to notice and deactivate recording equipment sent with subjects suggests a degree of intelligence. It has not made any attempts to communicate. Its role and connection to SCP-XXXX is currently unclear See Interview log D-6246.
In cases where subjects' bodies did not reappear, the subjects had met at least two of the following criteria:
- Voluntary involvement with groups dealing with the anomalous or supernatural
- Education in a scientific field
- Enthusiasm for entertainment media of the horror genre
- Prior exposure to the effects of an anomalous entity or object
- Education in writing or literature
Discovery: SCP-XXXX was found outside of Site-41 by Junior Researcher E. Morgan, who noticed what she believed to be a physical copy of an SCP document. She brought SCP-XXXX to her superior, Senior Researcher Adjmi. Both individuals noticed conflicting information in the document, and it was assumed to be an anomalous object and sent for preliminary testing. As neither had read SCP-XXXX in its entirety, its primary anomalous property was not discovered until preliminary testing. SCP-XXXX received an initial classification of Euclid, but was downgraded to Safe after initial testing had concluded.
Logs of tests #1-14 and #18-19 may be requested from Dr. Harmon.
Test #XXXX-15
Date: 04/02/17
Supervising researcher: Dr. Harmon
Subject: D-4930
Procedure: D-4930 was equipped with a shoulder-mounted camera and instructed to read SCP-XXXX aloud in its entirety. A portion of the testing chamber was separated by a partition to allow the entity to manifest in a controlled setting.
Results: SCP-XXXX described an obese porcine entity coated with a corrosive transparent mucus. Entity manifested in partitioned area of testing chamber and used its mouth to drag D-4930 behind the partition. The camera was punctured by one of the entity's teeth and rendered inoperable. A sample of the entity's mucus was collected from the floor of the testing chamber, and determined to possess no anomalous properties. D-4930's remains appeared on 18/02/17. Remains were corroded as well as missing muscle tissue.
Test #XXXX-16
Date: 05/02/17
Supervising researcher: Dr. Hebert
Subject: D-5137
Procedure: Same as previous, but camera was fitted with a puncture-resistant case and requires a signal from supervising staff in order to begin transmitting footage.
Results: SCP-XXXX described a hexapedal, clawed reptilian entity, lacking eyes and using a combination of echolocation and detection of Hume fluctuations to track prey. SCP-XXXX-1 manifested in an unused testing chamber across the hall, the cameras in which had been damaged during a test earlier that day. SCP-XXXX-1 caused significant damage to the observation deck door and window of both chambers while attempting to gain access to D-5137. Dr. Hebert sustained minor injuries, but did not abort the test. SCP-XXXX-1 struck D-5137 with claws, then moved behind the partition and demanifested. Camera was activated following demanifestation, and displayed a large, poorly-lit room containing a number of desks. At least 50 individuals, 8 of which matched the appearances of previous test subjects, were seated at desks and appeared to be writing. A similar number of individuals and SCP-XXXX-1 instances could be seen in the open area, including the subject of Test #XXXX-15. All individuals in the open area appeared to be injured. What appeared to be an adult male human, tentatively classified as SCP-XXXX-2, approached D-5137 and manually deactivated the camera.
D-5137's body reappeared on 10/02/17.
Test #XXXX-17
Date: 08/02/17
Supervising researcher: Dr. Huang
Subject: D-6246
Procedure: Same as previous test, except camera was modified to prevent manual deactivation. It is of note that D-6246 was formerly a scientist employed by GOI-(insert previously used number here) ("Prometheus Labs").
Results: SCP-XXXX described a humanoid entity with disproportionate limbs. Entity's face presented a mild cognitohazard, causing temporary immobility in viewers. SCP-XXXX-1 manifested behind partition, immobilized D-6246, and carried her behind the partition. Camera was activated and showed the same room as test #XXXX-16. D-5137 and SCP-XXXX-2 were visible. D-5137 appeared to have sustained severe injury. The instance of SCP-XXXX-1 from Test #XXXX-16 was visible and appeared to be resting while SCP-XXXX-2 examined it. Subject was carried to an unoccupied desk, at which time SCP-XXXX-1 exited the frame. SCP-XXXX-2 approached D-6246 and attempted to manually shut off the camera. After finding such an action was not possible, SCP-XXXX-2 detached it from its mount and covered its lens with his hand. Transmission ceased after five minutes. As of 30/04/17, D-6246's remains have not reappeared. See incident log XXXX-01
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object class: Euclid
Special containment procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a standard containment chamber. It is to be fed 5kg of uncooked red meat twice per day, via chute. Personnel may not enter its containment chamber. A sprinkler system and drain are to be used to remove waste once every two days. Should SCP-XXXX breach containment, it is to be tranquilized via ballistic syringes filled with an appropriate tranquilizer and returned to containment.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a carnivorous avian entity superficially resembling Falco Peregrinus. It is 2 meters in height and posseses dark grey and black feathers. Its beak is composed of a hard keratin-like substance, and contains tooth-like bones to assist in dissecting prey. In the place of wings are long forelimbs used to assist in movement and ensnare prey. SCP-XXXX is incapable of flight, but is capable of rapid and efficient climbing and locomotion across walls and ceilings. It most commonly locomotes using its forelimbs. It avoids open areas when possible as it is considerably slower across flat land.
Incident log XXXX-01:
On 02/05/17, D-6246 appeared alive inside a storage closet, slightly emaciated and with lacerations covering her body. Leg muscles had atrophied and possessed significant tearing and damage. A transcript of an interview conducted with D-6246 following her discovery can be found below.
Interviewed: D-6246
Interviewer: Dr. Harmon
Foreword: D-6246 was recently discovered alive three months following a test with SCP-XXXX. She is the first test subject known to have escaped alive following reading SCP-XXXX.
<Begin log, 16:34 02/05/17>
Dr. Harmon: Hello, D-6246. I'm here to ask you a few questions. You will be given medical attention after this interview.
D-6246: Might as well get this over with. Can I get some water?
A bottle of water is delivered
Dr. Harmon: Can you describe to me what happened to you immediately after being taken by the entity?
D-6246: I don't remember much about when I first got there. The monster dragged me to a desk and made me sit. The man forced me to write. Injured me if I talked or stopped writing.
D-6246: We'd get to sleep when we finished all our writing for the day, usually at least 15 hours. The man fed us, but not much. Mostly raw meat, water, and sometimes a bit of spoiled fruit if we finished our quotas fast enough. I never saw him eat, but never thought anything of it. Considering I was kidnapped by a fuckin' monster, I had bigger issues.
Dr. Harmon: What exactly were you writing?
D-6246: Documents. The man would give us drawings or descriptions of monsters and tell us the format, and I'd have to write about it. Sometimes a monster would drag in another poor bastard to join us. I sometimes recognized the monsters as ones I'd written. Never cared much, I did what I had to to survive.
Dr. Harmon: About how often did new people come in?
D-6246: Maybe seven or eight a day? Most of 'em just got put on the floor with their monster. It was rare for anyone to get put at a desk. Now get me some food. I haven't eaten properly in months, and I'm done with this fucking interview.
Dr. Harmon: This interview will conclude when you've finished answering all our questions, and you'll be fed then. I suggest you cooperate. What happened to those who weren't taken to a desk?
D-6246 sighs
D-6246: Fuck this. Let's get it over with. There was an open part of the room with no desks. They'd sit there. I couldn't see well and didn't have time to care, but it was normal to hear screaming. Like us, their monsters watched them and injured them if they talked or tried to get up. Sometimes I'd see the man carrying a corpse to the spot where monsters appear with fresh victims.Dr. Harmon: Can you tell me more about the man? You said he didn't eat. Did he do anything else strange?
D-6246: I don't know how to answer your question. He looked 'normal'. Brown hair. Average height. Maybe about 35? Didn't talk.
Dr. Harmon: One last question: how did you escape? You are the first person to leave alive.
D-6246: Every couple days, the man would leave the room the same way the monsters enter. He'd be gone for a few hours and return with water. The monsters seem to be less diligent when he's gone, and even when he's there they usually don't give a shit about anyone except their own human. I knew that my monster wasn't too strong as long as I didn't look at its face. I spent a couple days thinking about what movements I would need to make to get to the exit, and one day when the man left I closed my eyes and ran. Needless to say, I made it, but I got cut up pretty bad. That fucker's claws hurt.
Dr. Harmon: Thank you for your cooperation, D-6246. You will be fed and receive medical attention shortly.
<End log, 16:51 02/05/17>
Closing statement: Due to the potential existence of additional instances of SCP-XXXX, a reclassification to Euclid is pending.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The edges of SCP-XXXX's area of effect are to be monitored by the SCPS Eurybia and SCPS Ceto. Any signs of the expansion of SCP-XXXX's area of effect are to be reported to Dr. Huang. Civilian expeditions to the seafloor in the area affected by SCP-XXXX are to be prevented under the guise of dangerous hydrothermal activity in the region.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a region of the pacific ocean seafloor measuring roughly 60 kilometres by 40 kilometres. All organic matter that remains in contact with SCP-XXXX for a period will disappear.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: A chamber at Site-41 is to be equipped with decontamination facilities and kept clear of obstruction to allow SCP-XXXX to use as a destination. Should the room be relocated or obstructed, SCP-XXXX instances must be informed beforehand. The chamber is to be kept clear of all items and personnel except for a computer terminal connected to the foundation intranet. All persons entering or exiting the room must undergo decontamination.
Description: SCP-XXXX is the collective designation for 29 non-anomalous humans claiming to be members of a project originating in a parallel universe intending to explore and catalogue the multiverse. SCP-XXXX-1 claims to be the head researcher for the project.
SCP-XXXX
Object class: Keter
Special containment procedures: Foundation agents are to monitor pest control businesses for reports of spider infestations. Should instances of SCP-XXXX be deiscovered, they are to be captured alive and taken to bio-site 32. Care is to be taken to avoid accidental termination of instances in containment. Personnel who are believed to have been bitten by SCP-XXXX are not permitted to work with SCP-XXXX and must be transferred offsite.
Description: SCP-XXXX is an anomalous species of arachnid. They bear close resemblance to Perasteatoda tepidariorum, or the common house spider, with the exception of a larger leg span and pale grey markings located on the underside of the abdomen. They do not require sustenance and do not expire naturally. Webs created by SCP-XXXX contain traces of a previously unknown protein. Research into this protein is ongoing.
SCP-XXXX's primary anomalous properties manifest upon death of an instance. Upon cessation of biological functions, between 10 and 30 juvenile instances of SCP-XXXX will emerge from the abdominal region of the deceased instance. There is no known means to terminate SCP-XXXX without triggering this effect. Juvenile instances mature within 30 days. Should a Juvenile SCP-XXXX be terminated, between 1 and 7 Juvenile instances will emerge from its abdomen, depending on the age of the terminated SCP-XXXX. Instances born from immature SCP-XXXX will mature faster than normal.
SCP-XXXX will seek out humans and attempt to bite them. Bites will cause redness and mild swelling, though initial symptoms typically subside after 2 to 3 days. Victims, hereby designated SCP-XXXX-1, will develop moderate arachnophobia between 6 and 12 hours after being bitten. This will persist for the remainder of the victim's life. Treatment is not currently possible. Should SCP-XXXX-1 become aware of an arachnid, they will attempt to terminate the arachnid through any easily available means. Crushing tends to be the preferred means, though when alternatives are not easily available fire, household chemicals and explosives have been used. Should an arachnid leave SCP-XXXX-1's line of sight, they will become agitated until such a time as its location is known or it has been confirmed to be deceased.
The unknown protein found within SCP-XXXX's webs produces an unusual reaction upon making contact with human skin. Humans who have made contact with the protein will become convinced that SCP-XXXX is non-anomalous, and will produce a profound fear response and tendency to flee when viewing its reproductive process. These effects fade within 48 hours of last contact with the protein.
SCP-XXXX
Object class: Euclid
Special containment procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell at site-██. Guards watching SCP-XXXX must take class W mnestics. SCP-XXXX is not permitted to leave its cell except during testing. Testing is no longer permitted. See incident report XXXX-01. —Echolocation must be used to determine the location of SCP-XXXX-B If the cell door must be opened, a D-class under class-Z mnestics must be present to monitor SCP-XXXX-B's location. SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B are not to be separated under any circumstances.
Reasonable requests for entertainment items made by SCP-XXXX-A are to be granted on a monthly basis. In the event that SCP-XXXX is not accounted for, the facility is to be locked down and it is to be searched for by personnel who are taking mnestics. It is to be returned to its cell and the door locked electronically at night. The site director, highest ranking on-site member of the antimemetics division and the head researcher assigned to SCP-XXXX (currently Dr. Harmon) are the only personnel who may know the code to unlock SCP-XXXX's cell, and at least one must be present during all testing. Testing is no longer permitted. See incident report XXXX-01.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a collective designation for two entities designated SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B. SCP-XXXX-A is a male of indeterminate race in his late twenties. It is physically non-anomalous, but posseses the enhanced memory an altered psychology expected when under the effects of class-W mnestics. These are believed to be a result of its connection to SCP-XXXX-B. SCP-XXXX-A has shown sociopathic tendencies. It is unknown whether these are connected to its anomalous mental abilities.
SCP-XXXX-B is an antimemetic entity. SCP-XXXX-A is believed to be a host for SCP-XXXX-B. It uses antimemetic cloaking to prevent direct perception, but its influence can be perceived by personnel taking class W mnestics. It can be visually perceived by D-class who have been given class Z mnestics, but accounts of its appearance are widely varied and are rarely coherent. This has limited the foundation's ability to determine its appearance. It is believed that SCP-XXXX-B is sentient, but its intelligence cannot be determined.
SCP-XXXX-A appears to have a degree of control over SCP-XXXX-B, and is capable of instructing it verbally and via thoughts. SCP-XXXX-B has can remove memories from human subjects when instructed to do so by SCP-XXXX-A.
Testing log:
Date: ██/██/████
Supervising researcher: Dr. Harmon
Subject: D-██████
Results: Dr. Harmon reads D-██████ a poem. SCP-XXXX-A is instructed to remove D-██████'s memory of the poem. After this occurred, D-██████ was incapable of recalling the poem's title or subject matter, and appeared to be completely unaware of its existence.
Date: ██/██/████
Supervising researcher: Dr. Klein
Subject: D-██████
Results: Dr. Klein instructed SCP-XXXX-A to fully remove the memories of D-██████. SCP-XXXX-A refused, claiming he was "sick of always doing what you [expletive]s want". Dr. Klein offered extra entertainment items as incentive. After SCP-XXXX-A's continued refusal, Dr. Klein threatened to revoke entertainment items. SCP-XXXX-A grew visibly angry, and began to threaten all present researchers. Dr. Klein chose to abort the test. After SCP-XXXX-A did not calm down for 20 minutes, security personnel were sent in to sedate SCP-XXXX-A. Upon entering the room, all present foundation personnel immediately left with no memory of the test or the circumstances under which they had come to be outside the testing chamber. Dr. Klein, who was taking mnestics, was also affected by the memory loss, but was aware that his mind had been influenced by an antimeme.
Date: ██/██/████
Supervising researcher: Dr. Hebert
Subject: D-██████
Results: D-██████, due for termination, was injected with class Z mnestics. After regaining his bearings and successfully verbally describing multiple non-anomalous objects, D-██████ was instructed to describe SCP-XXXX-B. He was unable to produce any coherent description, but claimed it was producing a constant noise vaguely similar to speech. D-██████ expired from sensory overload 1 hour and 23 minutes later, constantly complaining of worms the whole time he was conscious.
Date: ██/██/████
Supervising researcher: Dr. Hebert
Subject: N/A
Results: SCP-XXXX-A was rendered unconscious by placing sedatives in its food. A D-class was given class-Z mnestics and tasked with determining SCP-XXX-B's location within the room and monitoring its behavior. 2 agents were also sent in to ensure the D-class did not attack SCP-XXXX-A. It is of note that one agent did not appear on personnel records and no onsite personnel had any memory of interaction with him. SCP-XXXX-A was removed from the room, leaving SCP-XXXX-B behind. According to the D-class, SCP-XXXX-B became distressed, its vocalizations increasing in volume and its movements appearing agitated. SCP-XXXX-B remained in this state for approximately 15 minutes. Accoring to the D-class, SCP-XXXX-B physically attacked the unknown foundation agent, who was pronounced dead shortly after. Test was aborted and SCP-XXX-A was returned to the cell.
Addendum:
"Do not forget that this entity posseses the ability to erase memories and can be deadly under the right circumstances. It may only be a euclid-class humanoid, but caution must still be exercised."
-Dr. Klein
Addendum 2:
"SCP-XXXX-B is an antimeme and possibly an infovore. We don't truly know if SCP-XXXX-A harbors any ill will for the foundation, but if it is even a slight possibility we need to revise the containment procedures to reflect this. For all we know, he's broken out and killed hundreds, simply removing all memory of their existence. Requesting upgrade to Keter."
-Dr. Harmon, head researcher for SCP-XXXX
Denied by order of O5-█
Incident report XXXX-01
On ██/██/████, SCP-XXXX-A was found missing from containment. When interviewed, guards stationed at SCP-XXXX's containment cell claimed to be unaware of its existence, and unsure of why they were outside of its cell. SCP-XXXX-A was found in the site cafeteria, stealing food from the kitchen. After this event, personnel shortages were noticed and multiple names were found in the database that do not correspond to any known personnel. Most of these personnel were supposedly guards assigned to SCP-XXXX. Containment procedures updated.
Where $s$ is the stage of SCP-XXXX's effect, $t$ is duration of infection in seconds, and $M_{c}$ is Mackie's constant. (See Evolution of Redfern-class memetic agents due to SCP-XXXX, Dr. Brendon Mackie, 19 February 2018. $M_{c} = 704.6$)
