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ITERATION OUTDATED

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Item#: SCP-XX

Level3

Containment Class:

euclid

Secondary Class:

none

Disruption Class:

vlam

Risk Class:

caution

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SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES: SCP-XX is contained within Site-██'s L3 Non-Visual Observational Chamber, which is externally opaque. Aside from its entrance, the chamber's interior generally should not be visually observed excepting experimental or verifying efforts. Direct observation or contact with SCP-XX should only be conducted by D-Class or otherwise non-essential personnel. Any object or entity entering SCP-XX's area of effect must be considered lost unless, and until, it happens to reemerge.

Individuals who observe and/or cognize SCP-XX directly are to be closely monitored for deleterious side-effects, and assigned psychiatric care as needed. Amnestic therapy has generally proven ineffective in mitigating such symptoms.

realtime infohazard protection ACTIVE

DESCRIPTION: SCP-XX is the designation for an object, entity or phenomena of unknown specification, housed within Site-██. It exists as one of the oldest recorded anomalies in Foundation possession that cannot properly be traced to a point of origin, having been contained within Site-██ since 1925. Thus, Site-██ is considered the designation's point of origin for lack of better explanation. SCP-XX cannot be perceived/conceptualized to a satisfactory extent, evidenced by various eyewitness testimonies which have yielded inconclusive data. Testing personnel who have been able to withstand the cognitive effects of SCP-XX have described it with various incompatible descriptors, including (but not limited to):

• a solid
• an amorphous mass
• a container
• a hole
• deep
• shallow
• small
• infinite
• incorporeal/transparent
• defined
• out-of-focus
• empty
• full
• impossible
• unforgettable
• [INFOHAZARD REDACTED]
• outermost
• immobile
• in constant motion
• inert
• active
• unable to talk
• possessing multiple voices¹

99.8% of individuals who maintain visual contact with the anomaly experience an array of immediate debilitating symptoms including migraines, tinnitus, temporary vision loss/ophthalmoplegia, epistaxis, confusion, glossolalia, aphasia, nausea/vomiting, and other neurological/sensory dysfunctions. These symptoms do not appear to be fatal and typically resolve over time, aside from various traumatic responses and overall cognitive impairments. Photographs, alternative imaging/modeling methods and detection systems used on SCP-XX appear to propagate the effect, though to a lesser extent and at the cost of decreased comprehension of the materials. In addition, approximately 35% of test subjects disappear from SCP-XX's testing chamber during testing and without apparent cause. GPS tagging has proven not useful in recovering lost personnel, though limited audiovisual surveillance of test subjects has revealed scattered, additional details about the whereabouts of lost personnel. More information can be found below.

Amnestic application on subjects in attempt to remove recollection of SCP-XX has been futile, as affected patients not only retain their memories but tend to exhibit a rebound effect, often complaining of more vivid and frequent intrusive recall of detrimental thoughts and experiences post-treatment. Unfortunately, mnestic application has not yet yielded additional concrete details about the anomaly.

An aggregation of all testing responses from recovered personnel indicates that SCP-XX is most likely shaped like something (59.3%), has an interior or at least three sides (73.9%), takes up space (50.4%), and is wrong in some fashion (97.7%).

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ORIGIN: Given that all personnel who may have come in contact with the anomaly or had some part in its reconnaissance have died since its acquisition nearly one century ago, information regarding the discovery, manifestation, and ownership of SCP-XX is sparse, if not nonexistent. The only known evidence pertaining to the anomaly's origin is a single piece of parchment paper bearing a written message in German, which was logged to SCP-XX's file at the time of creation and later scanned to microfiche prior to its presumed deterioration.

I told you so, you fucking idiot!

This new version means a complication of the fundamentals, and will probably be looked upon by almost all our colleagues as an interesting, though mischievous and gratuitous stunt, particularly since it is unlikely that empirical support will be obtainable in the foreseeable future!

Also, I am fearful of my confusion. Why is it so painful, what noise is it making? Please remove this immediately, I can't bring myself to destroy anything which in itself is [INFOHAZARD REDACTED].

Kind Regards,
Felix

Investigation of the possible identities and relevance of parties referenced is ongoing.

should you feel unwell, pause and reread this message until such feelings subside

ADDENDUM A: Experimental Results

Over the 100-year duration of SCP-XX's containment, numerous tests have been conducted with intent to elucidate the anomaly's nature and status. The following document is a truncated report of these experiments.

AI APPLICATIONS
METHOD: Construct a human-comprehensible model of SCP-XX. RESULT: FAILURE NOTE: While Gen-I Conscript 8B-A1.aic has devised an algorithmic model which successfully predicts the behavior of SCP-XX, all other conscripts invariably encounter fatal errors when attempting to read the model's outputs regarding the anomaly's nature. These outputs have been discarded for the safety and efficacy of AIAD operations. — Mnemnosyne.aic
CONCEPTUAL
METHOD: Analyze SCP-XX's containment area for conceptual hazards. RESULT: FAILURE NOTE: Well, we know conceptualizing the anomaly triggers a hazardous effect, but we don't think it's the concept itself. Not that we can actually pin the concept down; it just keeps pointing toward other parts of itself. — Dir. D. Borisov
COUNTERCONCEPTUAL
METHOD: Determine if SCP-XX is antimemetic in nature, or more easily understood via mnestic drugs. RESULT: FAILURE NOTE: The anomaly's deleterious effects are permanently intensified upon mnestic-enhanced cognition. — Dir. J. Schweikart
EXTRADIMENSIONAL
METHOD: Determine possible location(s) of vanished personnel. RESULT: FAILURE NOTE: They're going somewhere. We have some data from the location, but large portions of the footage have been scrubbed per hazard protocol. What we can see vaguely resembles SCP-XX's containment area. — Dir. R. Scranton
MISCOMMUNICATIONS
METHOD: Determine optimal descriptors for SCP-XX using novel, nonhazardous denotations. RESULT: PARTIAL SUCCESS NOTE: Any sufficiently descriptive word or phrase is a hazard vector, no matter how simplified. We were able to generate a unique locution which can be generally parsed: SCP-XX is [INFOHAZARD REDACTED]. We've no idea why, but it fits the conceptual map. — Dir. E. Forkley
NOOSPHERICS
METHOD: Locate SCP-XX's noetic coordinates for isolation and future reference. RESULT: FAILURE NOTE: Could not be found; degree of self-reference in concept pointer triggered fatal recursion error in rhizomatic mapping equipment. — Dir. V. Elmwoods
ONTOKINETICS
METHOD: Scan SCP-XX's containment area for Hume fluctuations. RESULT: FAILURE NOTE: Kant counters seem to carry the cognitive effect with them and are unreadable when placed in the containment area. — Dir. J. Caldmann METHOD: Per advances in Ontokinetics research, scan SCP-XX's containment area for atypical Daumal readings. RESULT: INCONCLUSIVE NOTE: Renderings of SCP-XX's local reality-structures are also vectors for the anomaly's hazardous effects. It would appear the fabric of narra-space-time within the containment area is shaped similarly to SCP-XX, itself. — Dir. R. Asheworth
SEMIOSPHERICS
METHOD: Locate SCP-XX in the Semiosphere and isolate possible vectors for communications use. RESULT: FAILURE NOTE: Cannot be found. Miscommunications' provided locution is processed as a unique symbology, largely disconnected from external ideoforms per its self-reference; [INFOHAZARD REDACTED] is [INFOHAZARD REDACTED]. — Dir. [PERSONNEL DISSOCIATED]
SURREALISTICS
METHOD: Determine if SCP-XX is nonlogical or otherwise perceptible on agnostics RESULT: FAILURE NOTE: Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why did you send us this? Why […] [83 pages redacted for brevity] — Dir. <%> Gat's left shoe, on behalf of Dir. <%> Gat's right shoe
TACTICAL THEOLOGY
METHOD: Scan SCP-XX's containment area for atypical Akiva radiation emissions. RESULT: INCONCLUSIVE NOTE: The anomaly is observed to emit zero Akiva radiation whatsoever, despite its conceptual significance and Tartarean-entity response profile. This is an assumed reading error; observational worship ongoing. — Dr. Y. Leiner
TOPOLOGY
METHOD: Determine other potential orthogonal vectors by which vanished personnel could have escaped. RESULT: SUCCESS NOTE: Personnel who have disappeared during exploratory testing have been detected travelling along a given vector that is compactified at the center of SCP-XX. Direction changes wildly after a certain distance inward. That is to say, they are [INFOHAZARD REDACTED] into the anomaly. Please ignore the mistake in previous update, I don't know why I thought that was a real word. //— Dr. //

Following this test, the locution generated by the Department of Miscommunications was determined to be a memetic hazard. Personnel using the term report intrusive thoughts of SCP-XX, regardless of prior knowledge of the anomaly. Abstract/conceptual testing of SCP-XX suspended indefinitely.

INCIDENT XX-A: Notable Interaction

Preface:

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[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]

Summary: Situation involving Harkness unwittingly getting involved with the project by revealing his tolerance to its effect. Ends with a note suggesting tests be carried out to attempt retrieving a sample of the object.

[END TRANSCRIPT]

REVISED ITERATION OUTDATED

WARNING

The following file describes a GÄRDENFORS-CLASS conceptual hazard.

At no time should any personnel invoke GÄRDENFORS-CLASS abstract structures outside of approved testing areas.

Please include the reference sheet issued to you at time of assignment on your person at all times. Administration is not responsible for any injuries or death as a result of handling this file.

DEPARTMENT OF TOPOLOGY

HAZARD: CLASS IX

_{CLEARANCE LEVEL: NON-ESSENTIAL}

STATUS:ACTIVE

ITEM#: 0000

LEVEL5

TOP SECRET

CONTAINMENT CLASS:

Keter

{$secondary-text}

{$secondary-class}

DISRUPTION LEVEL:

Amida

RISK LEVEL:

Critical

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Item#: {$item-number}

Level5

Containment Class:

{$container-class}

Secondary Class:

{$secondary-class}

Disruption Class:

{$disruption-class}

Risk Class:

{$risk-class}

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SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES: At present time, SCP-XXXX is uncontainable.

Information relating to the process by which SCP-XXXX is achieved should be removed from both public knowledge and all non-essential documentation when applicable.

Due to the unpredictability of the results of SCP-XXXX phenomena, experimentation must be carried out in conceptually isolated testing spaces. At no time are any individuals to leave objects in spaces encountered through SCP-XXXX phenomena, nor are any objects found in said spaces to be brought outside the area of effect.

Personnel participating in testing with SCP-XXXX should be issued conceptual reference leaflets to be used in recall or invocation of metaphysical cognitive space.

SCP-XXXX-1 is [INFOHAZARD EXPUNGED]

SCP-XXXX-1 should be kept in Site-██.

SCP-XXXX-1's whereabouts are currently unknown.

SCP-XXXX-1 is held in Site-62C until further notice.

DESCRIPTION: SCP-XXXX is an abstract concept that describes an action. The exact definition of SCP-XXXX and certain key pieces of information pertaining to the execution of the action are vectors for learning how to manifest its effect and thus have not been described in this document. Approximately 98% of individuals instructed on the definition of SCP-XXXX are able to learn how to manifest its anomalous properties. The action on its own is not enough to manifest the effects; an understanding of what the action does is a necessary component to its execution.

SCP-XXXX is described in non-hazardous terms as an anomalous form of liminal interfacing² that can allow an individual to merge with or enter into conceptual landscapes acting as a physical representation of the object or concept in question.³

SCP-XXXX phenomena being demonstrated. Infohazardous vectors redacted.

Landscapes encountered through exploratory efforts are subject to extreme fluctuations in local reality, formerly described as "ontokinetic uncertainty",⁴ when evoked—spaces can alter their own composition, layout, and texture at any point through conceptual osmosis.⁵ These changes can range from mild to extremely hazardous to human life. As such, testing is restricted to D-Class personnel only. Personnel are to ignore any sounds of distress coming from inside the walls or beneath the floors of Site-62C.

SCP-XXXX-1 is the designation for the only known physical instance of a Klein bottle, temporarily designated SCP-579 after containment breach. The exact dimensions of the object have not been measured due to the potential risk created through observation of its properties. Despite this, some basic information is known about the object:

• The anomaly exists in at least five dimensions, being perceived by humans in four observable dimensions
• The anomaly is performing SCP-XXXX on itself
• The anomaly is either unsafe or impractical to destroy or sample for testing; the latter has resulted in the death/disappearance of at least one researcher and an unknown number of other personnel in previous testing efforts
• The anomaly's internal topologies are compactified at the Planck scale, rendering it impossible to describe, model or otherwise observe properly
• Said internal topology suggests inserting matter into the anomaly also inserts it into an interior space bounded by SCP-XXXX-1's interior space⁶

AUTOMATED MESSAGE SYSTEM

auto transcript of personal log, uploaded 02/30/2008 by J. A. Harkness
detected: J. A. Harkness

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Well, shit.

auto transcript of personal log, uploaded 02/30/2008 by J. A. Harkness
detected: J. A. Harkness

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Documenting this for posterity, I guess, as once again, I've been assigned to something way out of my wheelhouse, and, because of that, I think I just borked reality. This mind-bending stuff never works they way you think, and despite my previous subpar results, I keep getting assigned to them more and more often. I'm worried that my assignment portfolio is starting to make me out to be the resident dimensional-conceptual guy. Fuck.

I thought it was bad enough that I had to leave the safety of Network Administration for anomalous testing of some musical fifthist crap, but when just about everyone in that pocket dimension died in a breach, suddenly I was leading the project. From there, it was "fifth dimension" this and "brain-melting tesseract" that. Excuse me if I'm a bit jaded by only being seen as nothing more than a Foundation meatsuit with a lead-lined skull. I even thought I had escaped it during my stint at Zero-One, but look where that got me. And yet—

Oh, right. Reality, and how I borked it.

Well, it started with that fucking bottle, the one with two middles. We know so little about the damned thing, even Overwatch doesn't really understand what happens when you [INFOHAZARD REDACTED] into something anyway. Yeah, they have a rough idea based on D-Class accounts, they have a paper trail that implies the thing can level sites and erase dozens of personnel on a whim, at least they do now. What they don't get is that this thing isn't just a manifold with too many interiors, it's a pathway, connecting two worlds, one far less real than the other. And the boundaries are blurring. They blur worse every time we use the damn thing, and every second it exists. And now—now I'm worried I'm blurring too. All this because my head didn't hurt when I looked at it. They asked me to take a sample and gave me a scalpel. Tried to shave a bit off and—well—the way I see it is that I tried to cut a hole in something that makes holes-in-holes, now there's a wound on that something that bleeds information. Or—I don't know. All I know is that two things happened.

One, I—One, the properties of SCP-XXXX became slightly vagueified, I hear about this relatively often from my position. Murmurings and whatnot.

Two, the site and all those involved were—something happened to them, happened to me. I have no idea where I am now. I'm posting this from my phone, which is still connected to the local network, somehow, suggesting I'm still in the facility somewhere. It doesn't feel like I [INFOHAZARD REDACTED] into anything, but I'm guessing I did and just don't know into what yet. All I know is that it is dark—well, not dark, without light, but I think without dark too. I can't see anything, even myself, only my phone. Well, not even my phone, but something that radiates from it. Information, I think. There is—there is something else here. I don't know. There are no concepts currently worming their way in or out of my body. No sensation. Nothing.

I just feel tired.

END LOG

auto transcript of personal log, uploaded 03/04/2008 by J. A. Harkness
detected: J. A. Harkness

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So, turns out I'm not immune to cognitive influence here. I didn't think I would be, but it wasn't until I had a moment of realization that it became clear. In a way, I'm still more immune than the average person. I guess they did make the right call, assignment-wise, ha ha ha.

It's been quite a while, and I've been able to grow more used to this state. I definitely am still me, but I can't see my leaflet, so I'm going off of memory. I know all my features are mostly intact, my belongings, too—I seem to be able to use my work phone just fine, with some trial and error. Typing is impossible, which is why I've been recording these. Information travels from my mouth to the phone and it—vibrates? Resonates? I have no fucking clue. Either way, I've been preserving the battery as much as possible, at this rate I probably have a few weeks before it dies.

Fading out, going to sleep again. Been sleeping a lot in here. Pretty demanding—[yawn]—Pretty demanding space.

END LOG

auto transcript of personal log, uploaded 03/09/2008 by J. A. Harkness
detected: J. A. Harkness

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Oi—[yawn]—must've slept for like three days straight in here. Some of it is boredom, rest is something else. Lots of time to think in here. Feels like my thoughts—[yawn]//—just slip right out of my head sometimes. Pretty sure the fact that I can't see properly has something to do with the way photons work here—or don't, for that matter.

I just remembered—[yawn]—in my first log. I said something about murmurings, I hear them constantly. Either there are—[yawn]—other people in here with me or I'm picking up something external. Not too much of it makes sense—[yawn]—some stuff sounds like one side of a conversation, others like gibberish. Can't focus too hard, but I'm not hungry or thirsty, at least. Should've said that like a week ago, ha.

I'll be fine, so long as someone checks this file. They will check the file, right?—[yawn]—Fuck it, back to sleep.

END LOG

auto transcript of personal log, uploaded 03/22/2008 by J. A. Harkness
detected: J. A. Harkness

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I think I've- [mumbling] //-Agh, fuck! Fucking shit!/

-Erm, sorry. I found screaming helps me stay a bit more alert here. I don't even know if screaming is the right word for it, because I don't feel the air leave my lungs—I haven't taken a breath since I ended up here. I have no clue why or how I'm yawning if I am not breathing, but then again, do any of us know why we yawn?

Anyway, I think I've figured it out. This place is a literal barren cognitive sink because I'm in the fucking hole in the fucking hole. I [INFOHAZARD REDACTED] into a nonphysical surface, which we thought was impossible. What we forgot is that this hole IS a surface, just in higher dimensions. This is, as far as I can tell, both good and bad. The more I understand the better, but I don't know if getting out is an option; is a hole a void that begins and ends, by definition? Does the implication of falling into a hole necessitate falling through it? And where does this hole lead? From my understanding, it's either nowhere, or an ocean of noise filled with thoughts and concepts. Judging by the voices, I'm guessing it's the latter. If it is, I might be able to contact someone. I hope; they're getting louder and I don't want to find out what'll happen to me if I don't get out soon.

Thing is, I know one person that has the sort of background to be of any assistance to myself here, I hear about him often enough to know that much. Let's hope he's not too busy stopping, or causing, the End of the World. I might already have us covered on the latter, anyway.

END LOG

auto transcript of personal log, uploaded 03/17/2008 by J. A. Harkness
detected: Dr. Placeholder McDoctorate, PhD

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Yes, so—I came to request access to SCP-XXXX-1 for testing. And I'll need a copy of information associated with the activation of SCP-XXXX, along with a reference sheet for myself. And—you know what—I'll apply for interim project head. Who is in charge now? No one? Site Director? Fine. Yes. Yes, I know the bottle is gone. I don't want to be reprimanded if I show up onsite with it. No, I don't know where the item is. Yep. Yep. It's Placeholder. It's exactly how you think it is spelled. [sigh] P-l-a-c-e-h-o-l-d-e-r. Yes. McDoctorate. No, it's not a pseudonym. Thank you.

Oh? Right. Lead the way, then.

Ahem. Of course, nice to meet you. McDoctorate, Placeholder. No, it's not a pseudonym. No, I don't know him that well, but we crossed paths more often than once, I heard Harkness had gone missing, we share disciplines so I figured it was worth reaching out.

Right. Well, I'd like to immediately request total control over the SCP-XXXX project and all related affairs. Yes, both the bottle and testing regarding [quietly] "[INFOHAZARD REDACTED]", that means-

What? Non-essential—? Okay. I wasn't informed of this, and I know how this is going to sound, but let me explain. I know about it because he told me. A few days ago. In my head. He-

I know, he's been missing for—Yes, that is a long time. I have a theory. No, I'm not—I'm not messing with you. I'll prove it. He explained quite a bit about the anomaly to me, even going as far as teaching me how to execute the action.⁷

So, the basic gist is, when you [INFOHAZARD REDACTED] into something, you poke a hole in it, then you poke a hole in that hole. Doesn't make sense, I know, but we fucking roll with it anyway.

Taking what we know about extradimensional hazards, the ones that bleed into conceptual—we have to assume that there is a vector that exists on some higher dimension that leads from the physical, directly into the noosphere. Somewhere, somehow, this thing punched a hole into the idea of a hole.

Now, the very word that describes the action also describes the phenomenon itself. It broke through physicality, linguistics, semantics, semiotics and ended up all the way in noospherics, just by virtue of existing. That not only makes the impact it has profoundly woven into the ontological framework of reality, it also makes its current state unfathomably dangerous to our continued way of life. We saw what changes to its structure can do, with Harkness who tried to sample the thing and is now in a recursive Swiss cheese singularity or something—I don't know, I only know what he knows and he doesn't know much about where he is. He's pretty sure he poked a hole into a poked hole in a poked hole. Yep. I know it sounds insane, but I agree with him.

If we want to contain the spread of this idea, we'd have to do it through neutralization. I know how neutralization sounds, but honestly we've neutralized more for less. And not a full neutralization, but a significant reduction of anomalous effect—we target SCP-XXXX and only SCP-XXXX.

Right. Well, nullification of a complex abstract concept is quite difficult in praxis. The locus of effect is not the action, not the word, nor the bottle itself. It is an eigenbundle of abstractions, vectors that point from meaning to reference and define each individual component of the larger concept. Some need to be severed, some preserved, some rearranged. We're operating on a conceptual spinal cord, it needs to be as precise as that suggests. Our current methods of abstraction are limited in nature and inaccurate. Abstract the wrong thing and you've just triggered a CK-Class, lost your name, and every hole on your body—Yes, sorry. Just making a point.

The point is, I wouldn't suggest neutralization unless it was absolutely the only option we had. I also wouldn't suggest it if I didn't think it was possible. We can fix this mess, I just need to get Harkness out before we do it. Yes, I have some potential proposals. Logistics need some development but—hm? Oh, you'll be in touch then? Alright, I'll await your determination. Thanks for your time.

Upon review of this conversation and Dr. McDoctorate's assignment history, his requests were denied. Amnestic application is being considered.

END FILE

EXPLORATORY EFFORTS

DOC EXPL/XXXX-A

ABSTRACT: D-8352 was instructed on the proper means of executing SCP-XXXX and placed in a standard testing chamber fitted with closed-circuit cameras. D-8352 was equipped with a lapel camera and two-way earpiece for communication with Agent H. Langstaff for the duration of the test.

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[BEGIN LOG]

Cameras all come live simultaneously, D-8352 inspecting the locked door he had just entered from.

D-8352: So you just want me to [INFOHAZARD REDACTED]? Where? The room is empty.

Agent Langstaff: Pick a wall. Remember the instructions carefully.

D-8352 approaches the far wall and executes SCP-XXXX.

D-8352: What, like this- oh.

D-8352's hand appears to sink into the wall, the texture of the concrete appearing to stretch and indent like latex.

D-8352: Cold. Wet. No, just cold. What am I supposed to be doing?

Agent Langstaff: Please continue your [INFOHAZARD REDACTED].

Subject is seen struggling as they force themselves into the wall. As soon as they pass completely into the structure, the indentation snaps back and returns to the texture and hardness of standard concrete. D-8352 is not seen in the chamber. Their camera records a seemingly infinite space made of the same concrete.

D-8352:

Experiment Log XXXX-3:flopmind-log (under review)

Procedure: A D-class will be taught the action associated with SCP-XXXX and told to use it on the given photograph. The photograph in question is a picture of the grounds of Site-XX, containing the surrounding forest, the main gateway used to enter and exit the site, and the exterior of Site-XX itself.

After entering the conceptual landscape of the supplied photograph, the test subject will be asked to modify the surroundings in specific ways to gauge the malleability that can be induced with training. The experiment will take place once the test subject sufficiently demonstrates the mental discipline and consistency needed for these tasks.

Test Subject: D-88927 was selected for this procedure due to his loyalty and obedience to the Foundation. His psychological profile indicates that he believes in our mission and his testing records demonstrate strict compliance with instructions. D-88927 was routinely allowed janitorial duty with minimal monitoring because of this and continued to operate without notable transgressions taking place. As such, D-88927 was deemed to have the necessary qualities for a test subject of this experiment: loyalty and expendability.

The test subject is outfitted with standard human test subject recording and broadcasting equipment. The test subject is also equipped with standard radio communication gear. Appropriate reference materials and instructions are also supplied to the subject.

Begin Recording

D-88927 waits as the research team verifies recording, broadcasting, and communication are all operational.

After approximately thirty seconds, D-88927 is instructed to begin and responds affirmatively. The designated action is enacted upon the test photograph without error or incident.

Subject proceeds several dozen meters into the anomalous space and rotates significantly to pan the outfitted cameras. The cameras begin by displaying a landscape similar to that of the location presented in the image. At this time, few discrepancies appear between reality and the experimental location. Notable discrepancies include but are not limited to:

• Trees having an incorrect number of branches.
• Grass and other ground level plant life being discolored with an offset of approximately 5% margin.
• Markings on the exterior of the building being inconsistent with the actual damage to the facility's exterior.

At the researchers' instructions, subject continues into the nearby forest. Discrepancies being to arise at higher frequency and intensity as the subject travels. Leaves begin being constructed in rectangular patterns similar in shape to frames of film. Trees, especially the sides facing away from the photographs point of view, begin displaying numeric values constructed of digits that randomly alternate between "0" and "1". Fruit begins to appear on trees. These fruits resemble mixtures of apples, bananas, and oranges⁸.

D-88927 is instructed to clear his mind and picture the appearance of an ordinary forest, as practiced previously. D-88927 begins a state of controlled and meditative breathing with his eyes closed. Sixty seconds later, noted abnormalities in the space can be seen slowly diminishing in severity with each breath, with most of the transformation occurring as D-88927 exhales.

Subject is then asked to stop and open his eyes to access the changes to the space. Subject complies but is unable to denote any changes from before the exercise taking place, according to his testimony.

Subject is then instructed to being the second exercise; as instructed, D-88927 begins picturing a local park from his city of origin while meditating like before. The surroundings begin to change after forty-five seconds of this. Trees begin to change in species and decrease in number. Woodland paths, presumed to be traced by wildlife or Foundation personnel, begin to exhibit increased size and definition. The songs of birds adjust to follow that of the park's known avian wildlife. After three minutes of meditation from D-88927, all transformations appear to stop. The landscape does not match that of the park D-88927 was instructed to picture, and he confirms this verbally. Later comparisons of the landscape depicted in video to the real-world location access that it is approximately 20% transformed from the previous location to the desired location.

After this exercise is complete, the D-class is instructed to return from the landscape and conclude the experiment. Previous anomalies begin to occur more often as the subject travels.

Upon returning to the entrance to the conceptual landscape, nothing resembling an exit to the test chamber appears to exist in footage. When asked if he can see an exit, D-88927 responds in the affirmative. Subject continues to approach, but instead of exiting where he initially appeared in the proxyspace, he continues toward the facility's entrance and enters before researchers are able to instruct him to do otherwise.

At this point, radio communications from research staff fail to be received by D-88927, and the audio recording equipment fails to detect transmissions of any kind.

Instead of D-88927 entering the actual entrance to the facility, he enters a landscape resembling the testing chamber he began the experiment from. The only detected discrepancy in this location appears to be a series of fractal-like patterns on the walls. No discernable end to the fractal patterns is detectable with the available equipment.

Upon entering the test chamber proxyspace, D-88927 begins making his way to the operations center attached to the room. He was instructed to do so before the experiment began to commence his debriefing and receive amnestic treatment. Along his travel to the operations center, D-88927's radio begins receiving transmissions that were not sent by the Foundation. These transmissions provide D-88927 with appropriate debriefing instructions and congratulate him on the execution of the experiment. Aside from the providing of congratulations, the content of the transmissions is within both Foundation protocol and the psychological profiles of the research staff involved. Vocal recognition software confirms that the voices producing the transmissions are also a 90% match to the research staff present for the experiment in reality.

D-88927 then enters the operations center for his debriefing. The appearance of the staff is notably divergent from reality. Each member of the research staff has a doppelganger in the proxy space that matches their appearance with one significant discrepancy: they lack a face and instead have eyes and mouths of various orientations and sizes appearing across every visible part of the skin, with some such features extending to the underside of their clothing.

The operations center proxyspace appears largely similar to its real world counterpart. With the only notable exception being the text on the room's various devices. Examples include:

• Where the coffee maker once listed, "Caution: Hot" it now lists, "Coffee: Coffee"
• The labels underneath the equipment's buttons now read "Button" or "Label" instead of the labels of their respective functions.
• Monitoring equipment's displays now read either "Science science science" ad infinitum or display terms commonly deemed "technobabble" in common discourse.

Additionally, after D-88927 enters the operations chamber, a far greater quantity of voices can be heard on the recordings. The voices match that of the research staff to the same degree as before entering, but the content of the messages has become increasingly generic and impersonal. These lines overlap each other without pause or regard for any other speech.

Discerned vocalizations include:

• "Pleasure to see you, D-88927."
• "Secure, Contain, and Protect."
• "D-88927, can you hear me?"
• "Today the cafeteria will be serving [inaudible]."
• "Return to your cell immediately."
• "Containment breach detected. Initiating lockdown procedure."
• "We die in the dark so they can live in the light."
• "Keter-class anomaly."
• "Your janitorial duties are over for the day."
• "What we do, we do for the sake of humanity."
• "Cognitohazardous material."

D-88927 does not appear surprised or confused by the situation. Foundation psychologists note his expression as being normal for him having just finished with an experiment and is consistent with his expression in footage of debrief interviews.

After thirty seconds pass, the vocalizations adjust in message and begin assigning brief, menial tasks to D-88927. D-88927 immediately compiles with the instructions without questioning them or appearing confused. Subject can then be seen performing a number of the requested tasks, such as doing jumping jacks, sweeping only the corners of the room, polishing the nametags of staff, and acting like a dog by doing various common tricks.

After the last of these tasks has been completed, an indiscernible vocalization is emitted from each of the doppelganger entities in a synchronized fashion; this time the entities all speak the same thing in undecipherable language. Regardless of the incomprehensibility, D-88927 nods affirmatively.

Once D-88927 agrees, his surroundings and the anomalous entities began increasing rapidly in size. At first each of these entities was within the average height range of an adult human, but they begin growing to the sizes of several hundred meters. They continue growing as their heads and other features appear indistinct due to distance. Eventually, they and the surrounding space grow so large that they cannot be seen at all in the recording.

During this transformation, the floor underneath D-88927 also undergoes notable changes; where D-88927 once occupied approximately nine floor tiles, he begins to occupy less than a single tile. This process continues for several minutes, displaying insects, then dust mites, then microbes, until finally individual molecules can be seen clearly.

After this process finally concludes, D-88927 is several times small than the nucleus of the molecule before him, N₂. D-88927 then begins to sweep dust off of the N₂ gas molecule with a broom that manifested in his hands. D-88927 has no significant reaction to this manifestation or his current circumstances.

D-88927 continues sweeping and begins to whistle, as is normal for him to do during his janitorial duties. For four minutes, the only detectable audio is D-88927's whistling and the sound of his sweeping. After these four minutes pass, a quiet yet audible screaming voice begins being detected. D-88927 reacts to this voice by looking around, but is unable to discover any source and resumes his cleaning efforts.

As time continues to pass, the screaming vocalization increases in volume and quantity. The quality of the audio also increases such that individual syllables can be discerned, although they do not correspond to any known language.

D-88927 becomes increasingly distressed as these vocalizations converge upon him. After 210 seconds of searching for a source, he squints and appears to see something off in the distance. No notable visual appears in the recording in the direction of his gaze or any other direction.

At this time visual and audio feed cuts off abruptly. Communications attempts continue to be sent without a response.

End of recording.

Nine hours after broadcasting ceased, the following objects were ejected from the photograph within the test chamber:

• D-88927's clothing.
• Recording and broadcasting equipment matching what was supplied to D-88927 for the experiment. All data was missing, and although no physical damage could be detected even after disassembly, the equipment was entirely non-functional. Function was attempted to be restored with replacement components but could not be achieved.
• Radio equipment matching what was supplied to D-88927 for the experiment. Similarly, no damage to the equipment could be observed, but it failed to function in any regard even with replacement components.

After this incident, each of the objects, as well as D-88927the himselfexistence of D-88927 began demonstrating anti-memetic qualities. However, these properties were mild enough that appropriate training or the use of mnestic equipment could nullify its effects⁹ could nullify its effects.]].

RECURSIVE TANGO

At the time of this operation, SCP-XXXX-1's vaguified status had increased in intensity such that the object was rapidly becoming the essophysical embodiment of SCP-XXXX. This was deemed an emergent plurivector existential threat and thus, despite the circumstances surrounding his involvement, Dr. Placeholder McDoctorate was approved as interim project lead, and was brought in to discuss possible mitigation and neutralization strategies. After discussions took place, a strategy was selected that was perceived as the least invasive for the efficacy and the relevant materials and personnel were acquired. Below is a record of the termination attempt, carried out on 6/13/2020.

D-XXXX is provided a blindfold and earpiece. D-XXXX appears distress at application of blindfold but obliges.

D-XXXX is guided towards

ITERATION CURRENT

P.M. CENTER MULTIDISCIPLINARY DIVISION

_{^{PROJECT LEAD: Dr. Placeholder McDoctorate, MD}}

_{CLEARANCE LEVEL: NON-ESSENTIAL}

STATUS:NESTED

ITEM#: 0000

LEVELX

NON-ESSENTIAL

CONTAINMENT CLASS:

Esoteric

SECONDARY CLASS:

Continua

DISRUPTION LEVEL:

Amida

RISK LEVEL:

Danger

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Item#: {$item-number}

Level6

Containment Class:

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Secondary Class:

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Disruption Class:

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Risk Class:

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SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES: SCP-XXXX has been successfully self-contained following Operation RECURSIVE TANGO (see additional materials). All materials pertaining to or mentioning SCP-XXXX, SCP-XXXX-1's true nature, their related concepts/objects/events, or other potential hazard vectors not outlined in this document or currently perceived by the human noosphere should be removed from the repository and all public knowledge upon their discovery to prevent possible reemergence. These vectors exist in a multitude of forms and therefore has necessitated the establishment of the Multidisciplinary Division, a rotating task force of amalgamated departments responsible for the study of and efficient response to anomalies which possess complex, multifaceted effect profiles.

Amnestic application for affected individuals is prohibited; SCP-XXXX-1 and its relevant mental associations, concepts, symbols, signifiers, or informational vectors must be kept isolated from antimemetic and amnestic effects to ensure the stability of reality. Any individual who has performed SCP-XXXX is to instead be supplied antikinestics¹⁰ and assigned to a Foundation psychiatrist to develop coping strategies and various methods of mental compartmentalization.

SCP-XXXX-1's primary influence is considered passively inert or dormant and will remain in Foundation custody, held within an undisclosed location in the event of possible reemergence of anomalous phenomena. This location is to be known only by members of the O5 Council and the SCP-XXXX project lead. At no time should SCP-XXXX-1 be observed. The anomaly should be perceived and thought about as little as possible but organically so.

Conceptual reference sheets outlined in this file's previous iterations have been deemed unnecessary, but are available upon request if such need arises.

DESCRIPTION: SCP-XXXX was a rogue abstract concept that described an action. The exact definition of SCP-XXXX and certain key pieces of information pertaining to the execution of the action were vectors for learning how to manifest its effect and thus are omitted from all Foundation documentation. Approximately 98% of individuals instructed on the definition of SCP-XXXX were able to learn how to manifest its anomalous properties. The action on its own was not enough to manifest the effects; an understanding of what the action does was a necessary component to its execution.

The action defined by SCP-XXXX is most similar to "ingress", but with an additional intrinsic metaphysical quality. Further details pertaining to this definition are considered hazardous, non-essential information.

SCP-XXXX-1 is the designation for an acrylic Klein bottle, temporarily designated SCP-579 after containment breach.¹¹ SCP-XXXX-1 is now a two-dimensional manifold, manipulated into a non-orientable surface that is unreconcilable in three dimensional space. This creates an adverse effect in observers, who complain of migraines and paranoia following observation. Most individuals who observe SCP-XXXX-1 find its nature impossible to understand yet impossible to forget, which may lead to disordered or unusual thought patterns, insomnia, obsessive behavior, and other detrimental cognitive effects.

SCP-XXXX-1 has no interiors; D-XXXX was inside.

Footnotes

1. Revision requires citation of documented testing log as evidence for approval.

2. More specifically, an alternate form of physical transitional interaction with objects and concepts that is not currently defined by consensus reality.

3. The action defined by SCP-XXXX is most similar to "ingress", but with an additional intrinsic metaphysical quality. Further details pertaining to this definition are considered hazardous, non-essential information.

4. Determined to be erroneous or generally misleading, see Experimentation Data for more information.

5. Established as an official term by the Foundation's Conceptual Division in 2020, conceptual osmosis is the mechanism by which massive concepts "leak" from a source of high density to low density in an attempt to achieve equilibrium, which in turn causes some quantities of other, less massive concepts to upflow into the source and mingle.

6. That is to say, [INFOHAZARD REDACTED].

7. McDoctorate has since been supplied antikinestics and cannot recall SCP-XXXX, even if he wanted to. - Current Project Lead

8. All fruits that routinely appear in D-88927's diet.

9. Mnestic equipment has been used on this file for your convenience.

10. Antikinestics remove an individual's ability to enact or perceive a specific motor action, despite retention of memory associated with the learning of said action. As muscle memory is a learned behaior through repetitive or significant excitation of motor neurons and their communicative features, semiotic processes of reasoning can be sufficiently disturbed without detrimental effects.

11. Due to previous lack of detail regarding the anomaly's physical properties, the number of undocumented unique encounters with SCP-XXXX-1, if any, will likely not be known, but is suspected to be of significant quantity.

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