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Description: SCP-XXXX is an anomaly that manifests when capicola is subjected to repeated partitions, randomly creating an instance of SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX-1 behaves as a finite, partially sliced, dry-cured slab of capicola that supports an infinite number of slices without appearing to generate or lose mass.
Examination of SCP-XXXX-1 instances has established the following:
- SCP-XXXX-1 enforces a stable range of slice thickness and integrity.
- Any attempt to generate slices smaller than this range will fail to separate.
- SCP-XXXX-1 is chemically consistent with baseline capicola and does not demonstrate any added nutritional benefit or biological contamination beyond what is expected from normal food spoilage.
- SCP-XXXX-1 can be repeatedly partitioned without any measurable loss in mass.
- Attempts to find a combined measurement of the generated slices and SCP-XXXX-1 has reliably produced contradictions in measurement, often attributed to sampling loss, surface oils, scale drift, and personnel error, to the point that testing staff were instructed to cease arguing with the scale.
- SCP-XXXX-1 does not resolve hunger, supply shortages, or procurement budgets. It resolves only to produce a slice, repeatedly.
While it is not believed that SCP-XXXX nor SCP-XXXX-1 is cognitohazardous, it appears that the infinite nature of the anomaly is difficult for the human mind to accurately comprehend outside of testing environments where a majority of the anomalies' properties are understood. In food-service contexts especially, observers do not register SCP-XXXX-1 as infinite, likely due to various cues of normalcy present within these settings and the interactions (scales, labels, wrapping paper, order numbers, among others).
Exposure to SCP-XXXX-1 does not correlate with increased hunger, any euphoria, or measurable neurological impairment. The only notable, likely non-anomalous, behavior consistently displayed is an individual developing a deep, persistent sense that their portion is unfinished.